Photo ID: 113702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has not run on the Rocky Spur in weeks (if not months) at this point. The old stop light that protects the grade crossing on Colorado Highway 72 is going to need to be widened as the highway is being widened to twice its previous width here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113700 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One last shot of a westbound oil train pulling out of the siding at Leyden on a day that I referred to as "Potpourri Sunday", as it offered a little bit of everything over the course of the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113699 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the eastbound Canyon Spirit here at Leyden, it is this unit oil trains turn to move. The engineer is throttling up and pulling west out of the siding. The train would only make it as far as Rocky before having to take the siding again, this time for the eastbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113697 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Other than its departure time, the Canyon Spirit does not follow a super tight schedule when moving to its next destination. At times, the train will run a bit slower to offer riders the opportunity to take in the beauty of the passing landscape. As such, it is always hard to say if the train is early, on time, or late! Such is the case this afternoon. It is 4pm and the train is approaching the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113696 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil train departed North Yard shortly after 3pm, but only made it as far as Leyden when DS-378 aligned it into the siding to wait for the eastbound Canyon Spirit. No complaints from me! Leyden is a siding that seems to be very seldomly used these days. Dispatchers generally seem to prefer to use Rocky when given a choice between the two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113692 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Even though I got a shot of it this morning, UP 1996 does not come through town very often, so I figured it was worth getting one more shot of it; I haven't seen it since 2020 prior to this sighting! It will depart this evening as the fourth unit on the MNYCY. When it comes to heritage units, none of them actually come to Denver particularly often anymore... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113691 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Power for UP's MNYCY (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Cheyenne Yard, WY) is all lined up with four units elephant-style. The fourth being UP 1996, the Espee Heritage Unit. There is a string of SD70Ms also coupled behind UP 1996, but they will definitely all be deadheading to Cheyenne when the train departs later tonight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Swinging back by North Yard for the second time today, I found UP 1344 sitting, likely waiting for some light repairs. UP has laid off the vast majority of the folks capable of doing major repairs on engines in Denver. Anything too major will result in the unit being moved to North Platte, NE and Bailey Yard. Something else worth mentioning is that this unit is very used to being in North Yard! It was originally delivered to Rio Grande as DRGW 3121 in September 1974! You can still clearly see where the MARS light once existed on the nose of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113675 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The paint on UP 4015 here is one year and three days old! Noticed this lettering at the back of the long hood which indicates the unit was painted at North Little Rock on April 8, 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113674 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4015 is the SD70M that is frequently assigned the duty of traveling with UP 4014, the Big Boy. However, this is not that same SD70M. When Union Pacific chose an SD70M to repaint as UP 1616 (the Abraham Lincoln unit), they chose to repaint UP 4015. About a year ago, UP decided to renumber UP 4392 as a "new" UP 4015. It received a fresh paint of coat in UP's newest scheme to go along with its new number. On this Sunday morning, it was sitting amongst a string of half dozen SD70Ms, all waiting to head to Cheyenne. The other SD70Ms are likely headed for long term storage. UP 4015 is probably just headed back to the roundhouse in Cheyenne to serve with UP 4014 again in the future. I always appreciate how good units look in fresh paint! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113673 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A nice surprise on this Sunday was coming across the Espee Heritage Unit in North Yard! I'm not sure when it arrived, but I would guess it was probably on a train like the MNPNY, likely arriving in the dark. The unit has been serviced and will depart tonight on the MNYCY (North Yard to Cheyenne Yard). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113668 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Union Pacific's MNYGR, which runs from North Yard to Green River, WY, is in Track 8 at North Yard with three units, ready to depart for the Belt Lead and the Greeley Sub. However, UP's DS-378 is waiting for the Zephyr to come through first to ensure Amtrak is not held up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113662 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific Close to five hours after departing Fraser, CO, this Union Pacific passenger special has made it to Palmer Lake. A distance of about roughly 115 miles. Just to change things up a bit, I decided to get an elevated shot here, including the entire lake that shares a name with the town. The train has another 20-ish miles to go before arriving at Colorado Springs, where its VIP passengers (including UP CEO Jim Vena) will get off the train. The train would then continue to Pueblo to turn around and then return north, deadheading back to Council Bluffs, IA (home base for UP's passenger equipment). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113661 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greenland to Palmer Lake Douglas County, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific Broken clouds gliding through the sky is resulting in the landscape transitioning from bright sunlight to dim shade. A southbound UP passenger special on Main 1 is just south of "The Sag" and is approaching an area of shade along Spruce Mountain Road. Main 2 is visible in the distance to the top-right of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113660 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific This shot of this UP passenger special crossing over the classic Santa Fe bridge on the south side of Larkspur might have turned out to be my favorite shot of the day. Alas, the low light resulted in the focus slipping briefly. Consequently, the shot came out slightly blurry. Not horrible, but still, not quite the shot I was hoping for. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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