Photo ID: 105786 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1875 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande In a couple of years, this picture will be radically different! The track in the foreground, one of RTD's Light Rail tracks, will still be there. And the the next track over will likely still be there (so UP can serve a few customers along the line), but the rest of the tracks and the buildings will all be replaced with condos and apartments as UP has sold the Burnham property to a developer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105785 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande A rack of "blue flags" sits alongside the empty tracks at Burnham. While you expect Rio Grande power to disappear over time and things like signals to be replaced, I have to admit I never really thought about the possibility of Burnham closing. Definitely came as a shock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105784 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1772 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The main engine shops at Burnham. As of this picture, Burnham only had a week of life left in it. No work, other than cleanup, is happening inside those buildings. Only a skeleton crew of workers remains to facilitate the cleanup. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105783 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1805 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande One of the many buildings at Burnham, soon to torn down as Rio Grande's main maintenance facility approaches the end of its life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105782 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1978 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande A Rio Grande caboose and a green maintenance of way boxcar sit on the west side of the yard at Burnham. All the power that had been stored here has already been moved elsewhere in preparation for the shop closing for good seven days after this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105636 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Disney World Magic Kingdom Orlando, FL 1662 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Walt Disney World Railroad One of the steam engines owned and operated by the Walt Disney World Railroad (at the Magic Kingdom) is this 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler, #3 (named the "Roger E. Broggie"). The green engine, built in May 1925, was named after the man that worked to acquire the engines and built the railroad at the Magic Kingdom. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105635 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Disney World Magic Kingdom Orlando, FL 1570 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Walt Disney World Railroad During a trip to Walt Disney World with the family, I was able to get a bit of a train fix with the Walt Disney World Railroad at the Magic Kingdom. This engine is #1, a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" built in May of 1925. The engine, appropriately, is named the "Walter E. Disney". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105414 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1757 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An ES44DC and a (very clean) C44-9W are the sol power for today's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT freight. This train departs Denver daily and runs on the Front Range Sub for the 600-ish mile journey to Montana. Laurel send a counterpart train to Denver each day as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105413 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1775 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX Came across this pair of CSX AC4400CWs on a warm August morning. I like the shot as it nicely compares two CSX paint scheme. The gray scheme on the right had been the norm for many years. More recently, the "Dark Future" scheme - dominated by blue - came out as is now the standard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105412 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1604 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX It isn't every day that CSX units make an appearance in Denver! On this particularly day, however, a pair of them came in with a train off the Brush Sub. Both units have AC traction motors, as indicated by the lightning bolt beneath the number on the cab. CSX only adds this lightning bolts to AC units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1733 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is definitely a very interesting lashup of power. This train just came in off the Brush Sub with a pair of GP39Ms (rebuilt from GP35s) and a pair of CSX AC4400CWs. The cars were dropped in the yard and the power is now headed for the House for fuel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1847 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The car on the left is part of a larger machine used in washing ballast. Not entirely sure why this piece was sitting near BNSF's Engine House. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1741 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Until recently, BNSF's GP60s were in the 8700 number range. They were moved in to the 159 number range in order to make room for new power. This new number range puts the GP60s adjacent to the (originally Warbonnet) GP60Ms. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105408 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 2235 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CITX A colorful trio of (classic) power sits near BNSF's Engine House. This includes a blue SD60 leasor, a blue and yellow GP60 (recently renumbered to 166 to make room for newer power in the roster), and a cascade green SD40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cherokee Power Plant Denver, CO 1725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This scene can only be duplicated for another two years or so from the time of this picture. UP power is working on assembling the "Public Service" coal train. One remaining generator at Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Station in Denver is powered by coal. Two others have already been shut down and replaced by natural gas. The final generator powered by coal will make the switch to natural gas by 2017, according to Xcel. Once that happens, the Cherokee Plant will no longer be a customer of UP, eliminating (roughly) 6-8 coal trains (that counts loads and empties) from the Moffat per week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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