Photo ID: 103492 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2565 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Although the MNYPU doesn't depart Denver until close to midnight, power for the train has already been spotted on the runaround track at North Yard. A pair of C44AC-CTEs and the Rio Grande Heritage Unit will run the train south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103477 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1907 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF While it might look like a GP30, BNSF 2809 has been rebuilt and is now designated as a GP39M. Meanwhile, what's up with the blue and white BNSF unit? This is a former Conrail GP38AC that BNSF has acquired. For the time being, they simply added their logo to the unit until some point in the future when it receives a full repaint. This blue and white scheme has earned these units the nickname "smurfs". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103476 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 2054 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway I'm not exactly sure where this Utah Railway GP38-2 (disguised as a GP35) is headed. but it was just hanging out at the BNSF engine shop. It was originally an Espee GP35 that has been rebuilt, and internally it is now a GP38-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103468 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 2060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Canadian Pacific Here's a pretty rare visitor to Colorado! I have very few shots of any Canadian Pacific units on my website. So the fact that this is a standard cab SD40-2 makes it that much better. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103319 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Union Pacific has a few Track Geometry cars that it keeps on its roster. These cars are self-propelled, can go up to 70 MPH, and can record every detail about and defect in the rails as they move along. I happened to come across the car sitting in the storage yard in North Yard on this Saturday afternoon. I came in on the Limon Sub earlier in the day, and should be heading for the Joint Line the next day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103317 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2333 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Even though there isn't any evidence of it in this picture, March is the snowiest month of the year in Colorado. Consequently, UP has been keeping this snow bus on hand, just it case it is needed. If there is a snow storm in the the area that shuts down highways, this snow bus can be used to transport crews. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103316 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1889 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A GP38-2 and a GP15-1 work on a switching job in the yard. UP 695 is a remote control unit, and the operator is at the back end of the string of cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103315 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1956 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A trio of EMD geeps, on lease to Union Pacific, sit waiting for their next assignment in Denver's 36th Street Yard. In a world presently dominated by UP Armour Yellow and BNSF Orange, seeing maroon, white and blue makes for a nice break! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103292 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A former Rio Grande crane sits along with other Maintenance of Way equipment on some storage tracks on the west side of Burnham. All this equipment is now privately owned and is being stored on some tracks leased from Union Pacific. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103291 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 3142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Talk about a blast from the past! This was one of the last Rio Grande GP30's to be retired off the roster. This unit almost saw action in the 21st century, being retired on July 23, 1998. It has been sitting here in Burnham ever since, waiting for its new (private) owner to find a permanent home for it. The unit survived for nearly 37 years, seeing its first action in April of 1962. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103289 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific As of this photo, this is one of only about two dozen Tunnel Motors that have not yet been retired from UP's roster. Time may be short for this unit, however, as it sits in a deadline at the Burnham Shops in Denver. This unit started life as SP 8259 in May 1980. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103288 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1913 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Whoa! Hello 1980's flashback! Two SD60s and two B40-8s sit on a "dead line" on the east side of the Burnham Shops. Once revenue picks back up as the economy (eventually) recovers, these units may be put back into service. Then again, they may be destined for short lines or even scrappers. Time will tell. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103287 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Every locomotives that comes out of either Erie, PA (GE) or London, ON (EMD) has a unique serial number stamped somewhere on the frame (called a frame number). This can be useful for railfans because, if a frame number can be found, the original unit to roll out of the factory can then be identified. Here is the frame number on UP 1350 (originally DRGW 3100). The number is 7360-7. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103286 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2827 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande On the north side of the Burnham Shops, we find this friendly face hanging out waiting for some final servicing! This was DRGW 3100, the very last Rio Grande geep to get a UP patch. That happened just over four years prior to this picture, on January 31, 2006. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103285 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This shot looks down along the lower half of the stilt tracks on the east side of the Burnham Shop. You can see the trucks to another unit to the left side of the shot. You can also see the platform above that allows for easy access to the top half of UP 6545. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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