Photo ID: 105932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1587 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Today's MNYNP will have an all-EMD consist, including a pair of Norfolk Southern units being borrowed by UP. The unit featured in this shot is an SD70M-2. Even though EMD released them at the start of 2005, I've seen fewer than a dozen in the last 11 years. Neither UP nor BNSF bought any, so they don't show up in Colorado too often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105931 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1633 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYNP is shuffling some cars around in North Yard before it can head north toward Cheyenne. In order to have enough room to switch cars around over a few tracks, it actually enters the Belt Industrial Lead. My favorite type of engine since the GP60 will be leading the train - an SD70M with flared radiators. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105915 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande Two of three SLRG SD90s on the MNYNP can be see here as the train slowly passes through Broadway on the Belt Line. The lease on the units is up and they are now headed back to CIT Leasing. These beasts have been interesting to witness over the last 18 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105914 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1507 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande The SD90 seems akin to the DDA40X in some regards. Both were intended to be high horsepower units and neither was successful over the long term. UP had shed its roster of SD9043MACs. With the lease from CIT Leasing up, the San Luis and Rio Grande is also doing the same. Three SD9043MACs are on UP's MNYNP, headed for North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105913 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande One of a handful of SD9043MACs that the San Luis and Rio Grande had been leasing for the last few years is now being returned to the leaser. The particular unit has SLRG reporting marks, but is in an Iowa Pacific paint scheme. Iowa Pacific is the holding company for the SLRG. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105912 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande I hadn't seen this unit since December 2009 when it first showed up on the San Luis and Rio Grande. It was originally going to be used as power on the failed reboot of the Ski Train. You may recall that the SLRG already had tickets sold for a new version of the Ski Train. But the train never left the station due to a dispute with Amtrak. This (and another) SD9043MAC instead spent several years in normal service on the SLRG. With the lease now up, the unit is being returned to CIT Leasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105911 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1536 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande For the past several years, the San Luis and Rio Grande has leased a couple of SD9043MACs from CIT Leasing. The lease on the units expired and, as a result, the SLRG is returning the units to the leaser. I had a suspicious, when taking these shots, that these would be the last SD90s I would see. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105910 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP recently changed the days and times certain manifests are called at North Yard. Now, the MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard to Roper, UT) is called at 14:00 (2pm) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and the MNYNP (Manifest, North Yard to North Platte, NE) is called at 14:00 on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Here, the MNYNP passes through the OS at Broadway on the Belt Line, just outside North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105037 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS902 (UP Junction) Denver, CO 1599 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A relatively new SD70AH is third out on this days MNYNP (Manifest, North Yard to North Platte). The SD70AH weighs 7,000 pounds more than a standard SD70ACe. The "H" in SD70AH represents "Heavy". UP ordered these units (with their extra steel) to put down more weight on the rails and increase their tractive effort. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105036 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS902 (UP Junction) Denver, CO 2032 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Kansas City Southern I always enjoy running across a Kansas City Southern unit. I think it may be due to the fact that KCS has managed to endure through all of the mega-mergers of the last 20 years. While railroads like SP, CNW, and Conrail have fallen, KCS has persisted. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105035 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS902 (UP Junction) Denver, CO 1488 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A quartet of units, including a borrowed Kansas City Southern AC4400CW, lead up the daily MNYNP. This train departs out of North Yard in Denver and run to North Platte, NE. This manifest (and its counterpart), are typically the longest manifests that UP runs in to and out of Denver. In this shot, the train is approach UP Junction at the east end of the Belt Industrial Lead. The train will swing north and join with the Greeley Subdivision for the first leg of the journey north to Cheyenne, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104845 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed DS 902 (UP Junction) Denver, CO 1901 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load approaches UP Junction on the Belt Industrial Lead. With a fresh crew, the train will briefly enter the Greeley Sub before heading east on the Limon Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104347 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1607 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An Xcel Energy coal empty comes across the Belt Line headed for North Yard under somewhat glorious, partly cloudy skies. With Xcel Energy making a push to move from coal to natural gas, the days for these hoppers may well be numbered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104346 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1858 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific After knocking down a Diverging Approach (yellow over red) signal at Broadway, this train is headed for Utah Junction where it will continue in to the yard on a restricting signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1692 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The Belt Industrial Lead (or simply "Belt Line") was used by Rio Grande to interchange with Rock Island and Union Pacific. Now, it is used by Union Pacific for all coal loads headed north or east out of Denver. Or, as in this case, coal empties coming in from the north or east. Manifests use the Belt Line as well, but coal trains are certainly more common. This coal empty is approaching Broadway and the line in to North Yard. The highway in the background is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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