Photo ID: 114022 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Denver is one of the largest metropolitan area in the United States that is not located near a fairly significant waterway (major river or lake). The South Platte River does run through Denver. However, as you can see in this shot with UP 7434 crossing the South Platte, it is not exactly the Mississippi River! Three units lead UP's MNYGR across the river on the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114021 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP's daily MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) is beginning its journey as it passes through the control point at the Stock Yards. The track to the right leads to Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Plant. For decades, the power plant was powered by coal from mines in the Colorado high country. Today, the plant is powered by natural gas, so the track is no longer used. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114017 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look at UP's North Yard from the north, looking to the south. Among other things in the yard is a military train on Track 1. I presume the train originated from Fort Carson near Colorado Springs. Not sure where the equipment is headed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114016 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A trio of units lead a military train that is currently stopped on Track 1 in North Yard. A train of double stack containers waits to be unloaded at BNSF's Rennicks yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113964 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single ES44AC brings up the end of this eastbound coal load, which just rolled by the "Cold War Horse" statue. It is a life-sized statue of a horse wearing a gas mask and radioactive gear. It showed up here in 2015, about ten years after the cleanup of the Rocky Flat nuclear trigger plant had been completed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113963 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It has been a day of occasional rain and occasional severe thunderstorms. More storm clouds are building over the Rockies as an eastbound UP coal train approaches a green signal at the west end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113962 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A classic shot of an eastbound UP coal load just west of Leyden. Rumor has it that UP is trying to run 60 coal trains per month on the North Fork Branch out of the West Elk Mine. There has definitely been an increase in the number of coal train on the Moffat in the past few months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113871 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sidney Sidney, NE 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific Final shot from the day of UP 4014, now stopped in the yard in Sidney, NE, where it will "sleep" for the night. The tanker truck is filled with water and will fill the Big Boy's "water bottle" back up for the next leg of the trip to North Platte, NE tomorrow. Ultimately, the train will move from Union Pacific to Norfolk Southern in Chicago, running on NS tracks (in anticipation of the proposed merger between UP and NS) to Philadelphia. The steam train returns to Cheyenne at the end of July. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113870 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sidney Sidney, NE 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is letting off a bit of smoke as it has come to a stop in the yard at Sidney, NE. UP actually does run a local out of a Sidney, and keeps a handful of units in town for that local. UP 4014 has completed the first 100 miles of its journey from Cheyenne to Philadelphia. It will be in Philadelphia on July 4th to celebrate the Semiquincentennial. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113869 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W408 (Sidney) Sidney, NE 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is creeping along at about 10 MPH as it is preparing to come to a stop for the first night of many to come on this incredible journey to Philadelphia and back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113868 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W408 (Sidney) Sidney, NE 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 has left Main 2 behind and is now on one of the yard tracks here in the small yard at Sidney, NE. The signals on the bridge, from left to right, are for Main 2, Main 1, and the 11,000-foot siding at Sidney. No signal head for Big Boy as the train is out of CTC and now in yard limits. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113867 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W424 to Sidney Potter Precinct, NE 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific A lot of folks really enjoy pacing the Big Boy as it is moving along at track speed! You can see the line of cars here on US-30 that are doing precisely that, taking in the sights and sounds of the train as it heads east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113866 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Point of Rocks Potter Precinct, NE 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific Looks east from Point of Rocks, the red, white, and blue boxcars really make a strong statement on the semiquincentennial train led by the Big Boy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113865 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Point of Rocks Potter Precinct, NE 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific One of my personal favorite shots of the day came at the location known as Point of Rocks just east of Potter, NE. Nebraska is, of course, a relatively flat state, and Point of Rocks is one of the places that has a few significant hills (with a lot of rocks!). Partly cloudy skies help create a bit of a dramatic scene here along US-30. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113864 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Point of Rocks Potter Precinct, NE 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific Working to outrun the clouds drifting across the sky, UP 4014 makes its way through an S-curve at the location know as "Point of Rocks". One of the more interesting terrain features in the relatively flat terrain of Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

Next Page