Photo ID: 111025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby Overlook Grand County, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just before 10 o'clock in the morning, a westbound coal empty rolls west of Granby along the headwaters of the Colorado River. In just a few weeks, fall colors are going to be in full force here in the Colorado high country. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111016 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Crossing over Bailey Yard and looking west, we see the east classification yard as well as three through tracks. On the right side of the frame, the westbound through tracks have quite a few trains ready to go. For aviation fans, my Cessna 172 is currently configured for "slow flight", with the flaps down to reduce my airspeed for better viewing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111015 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 273 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Dozens of tracks make up the east hump yard here at Bailey Yard in North Platte. You can see the locomotive maintenance facility on the left side of the shot. In the distance near the top of the frame, you can see the westbound run through tracks and the "spare yard". The spare yard alone has almost as many tracks as North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111014 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One of the cool features of Bailey Yard is the Golden Spike Tower. This is an observation deck that was built by Union Pacific that serves as both museum and viewing area of the yard. If you are ever in North Platte, it is worth a visit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111013 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Forgive the somewhat low resolution of this picture. It is a cropped shot from my iPhone 15 from above Bailey Yard. I noticed two of UP's six heritage units, UP 1989 (the Rio Grande unit) and UP 1988 (the Katy unit) are both at the facility. Not sure if they are waiting for repairs, or have just been released. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111012 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the south side of Bailey Yard, you can see dozens of engines waiting for, or having just been repaired, at the locomotive facility. On the other side the maintenance facility is the east hump yard, filled with cars waiting to be added to new eastbound trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111011 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Tracks at the bottom of this shot make up the eastbound receiving yard. Manifest trains that need to be broken up and sorted enter this yard. Their cars are then sent over the east hump and enter the east hump yard. Cars are then pulled out of that yard and trains are built in the east departure yard in the top right part of the picture. The westbound counterparts are visible to the top left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111010 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 311 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In this shot of Bailey Yard, you can see the east hump yard taking up the main part of the shot. The west hump yard, which sort all railcars heading west, is partly cutoff in the upper west side of the shot. The handful of tracks in the center are through tracks, used mainly for intermodal trains that are not stopping in North Platte. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111009 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the north side of Bailey Yard, we look across the east hump yard and the engine facility. Any railcars come from the west are sorted in the east yard for eastbound trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111008 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An overview of UP's Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE. This is the largest rail classification yard in the world! The yard encompasses 2,850 acres, has two separate hump yards, totaling 114 yard tracks. The yard handles roughly 14,000 rail cars daily. It is also the location of one of the largest engine facilities, and also has a car repair facility that replaces 10,000 pairs of wheels annually. In this shot, you can see the west hump yard in the foreground and the east hump yard in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110995 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound empty oil train, led by an SD70ACe and two ES44ACs pull along the jointed rail of the siding. The house track, which is currently empty, has the derail aligned at the east end. The train will not have long to wait as it is waiting for the eastbound Zephyr. The Zephyr is currently at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110994 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The signal at the east end of Rocky show a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal for an approaching westbound oil train. Note the switch, which is bent for the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110992 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil train...the third overall of the afternoon...is sitting in the siding at Cliff waiting for the afternoon Zephyr. The Zephyr is running about an hour late and is not too far west of Cliff as of this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110991 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 373 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single C44ACM, sporting UP's newest paint scheme, brings up the rear of this westbound unit oil train. The train is going into the siding at Cliff to meet the eastbound Zephyr. A multitude of power lines crisscross, supplying electricity to the handful of residents that live in Pinecliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110990 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 27 (MP 36.4, 650 ft) Boulder County, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Nearing the west end of the Tunnel District, a westbound unit oil train has emerged from Tunnel 27. Tunnel 27 is one of the longer tunnels in the district, and it has (roughly) 90° curve in the middle of it, so you cannot see one portal from the other. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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