Photo ID: 113840 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Five new TTX boxcars were painted in this patriotic scheme to join Big Boy on its journey east to Philadelphia for the 4th of July. The train is backing out of the Cheyenne Yard here at CP W508. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113839 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 is getting ready to embark on a two month journey that will take it to Philadelphia for the 4th of July (the semiquincentennial of the United States). Here, the Big Boy is backing out of the roundhouse toward a freight consist that will be included on the train for (air) braking purposes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113835 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Swan Ranch Cheyenne, WY 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SRRR Swan Ranch is a logistics hub that started operations in 2011 southwest of Cheyenne. It started with around 3 miles of track, and has now expanded to nearly 21 miles of track, with multiple industries moving in. The park interchanges with both Union Pacific and BNSF. Swan Ranch Railroad handles the switching, and has five units on the roster. Two of them are positioned here, ready to start switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113826 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 9, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The Westbound Zephyr makes a reverse move across the north end of the Joint Line on the Buck Lead. The Buck Lead is under yard limits, except for a few hundred feet across the diamond, where CTC is in effect. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113825 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 9, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The California Zephyr is going through the motions of making the stop that requires the most work on the journey. The reverse move into Union Station. The train pulled beyond the signal at Prospect Jct and is now backing over the South Platte river toward the Buck Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113824 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 9, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak One of the few-remaining Pacific-series passenger cars, built by the the Budd Company in 1950 for Union Pacific, the car transferred to Amtrak when Amtrak formed in 1971. After serving in various roles for Amtrak, it is now used by Amtrak for special trains, inspection trips, display trains, and employee support movements. Today, it is catching a ride on the back of the California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113814 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Denver's rail intermodal scene is pretty small compared to markets like LA or Chicago. Rennicks Yard represents BNSF's entire intermodal presence in Denver. Granted, it is not an insignificant yard, seen here form the north end. A lot of JB Hunt (and other) trailers flow through here on a weekly basis. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113813 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 3047 is one of roughly 200 SD70ACe-T4s that Union Pacific has on its roster. For the past decade, the EPA has mandated extremely strict emissions standards (known as "Tier-4" standards) for diesel-electric locomotives. Both Union Pacific and GE have locomotives that meet the requirements, but neither has experienced great success with sales in the United States. These units are more expensive up front, more expensive to maintain, and tend to be less reliable due to their complexity. Consequently, while a handful are in service, most railroads have instead created their own in-house rebuild program for older locomotives that are exempt, rather than spend extra money on purchases. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113812 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 6159 leads today's HDENLAU, sitting on BNSF's New North Main, waiting for a UP manifest to enter the yard from the Belt Industrial Lead. UP 7389 is leading that train coming into the yard, a few yard tracks deep in North Yard in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113794 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of GP38-2s are currently switching cars on the ladder in North Yard. The units are nose-to-nose, which is fine as visibility is not an issue. The units are being remotely controlled by a yard working on the ground, pulling pins and throwing switches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113793 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of units, an SD40N and a GP40N, sit not too far away from the yard office in North Yard. They are likely available to be used for switching North Yard, but currently are just waiting for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113791 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A former Espee GP40-2 and a former Mopac GP38-2 sit on the ready track at North Yard, waiting to head to North Platte, NE. Not sure if they are just going to a 92-day inspection (likely), or if there is some other reason why they are headed that direction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I was a bit surprised to find this old "triclops" SD60M sitting on the ready track in North Yard. I had heard that UP is slowly clearing out a lot of the units that have been stored in Grand Junction, which is likely where this relic of the 1980s and 1990s came from. Not sure if it is going to head for storage, a rebuild, sale, or the scrapper. Considering a chunk of the long hood behind the dynamic brake fan is missing at the top, I'm guessing the disposition might not be great! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An SD60M "triclops" sits on the ready track along with a few other older EMD units, waiting to head...somewhere. Not sure where they are going to go. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113741 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A BNSF switch job, with a still-yellow-and-blue GP39-2, waits patiently at a red signal at Utah Jct. BNSF's tracks cross UP's Belt Lead at Utah Junction, and the diamond is controlled by Union Pacific DS-378. So, the BNSF crew is at the mercy of UP's dispatcher to allow them to cross the diamond to continue their switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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