Photo ID: 111322 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Three GEs lead a loaded unit oil train east toward the plains of eastern Colorado on the KP. Of interest, the first two units are both former Espee units! UP 6360 was originally SP 316, delivered in July 1995 and patched to UP on August 1, 2003. UP 6344 was originally SP 298, also delivered in July 1995. It was patched to UP on January 18, 2002. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111321 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This loaded oil train is headed east on the main alongside the nearly-9,000 foot long siding of Mesa in Aurora on the KP. After a couple of snow storms hit the week before, the peaks of the Rockies are now pretty well covered in snow off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108797 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Aurora, CO 902 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and UP 4015 head up UP's 2021 steam excursion train west of Watkins, CO. In the distance, on the left side of the shot, there is a control tower. This is for Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO), a small airport only a few miles away from Denver International Airport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108796 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Aurora, CO 741 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the town of Watkins, there is a great curve that has good lighting for eastbounds in the mornings and westbound in the afternoons. It worked out quite nicely that UP 4014 was making its way west at the curve in the late afternoon! Kinda nice how the curve almost entirely obscures UP 4015, the SD70M helper, in the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107588 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K625 (East Mesa) Aurora, CO 1199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF Here is something of a rare sight! UP is using a borrowed ES44C4 from BNSF to bring up the tail end of this eastbound coal load as it departs the siding at Mesa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107587 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A three quarters look of UP 1982 from the back as it leads an eastbound coal load through the siding at Mesa. Screaming eagle and Jenks blue look mighty fine in the high July sunlight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107586 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Missouri Pacific heritage unit, UP 1982, leads an eastbound coal load through the siding at Mesa. The train was loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork branch in Western Colorado and is now headed for the plains on the Limon Sub. The last time I caught the unit leading a train in Colorado was almost exactly four years ago when it led a manifest on the Moffat on July 13, 2014. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107585 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Rolling slowly east through the siding at Mesa, the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit (UP 1982) leads an eastbound coal load toward a clear signal at the east switch. The train is passing underneath I-70 in the background, a highway that the tracks will more or less parallel until Limon, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107584 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Rocky Mountains and the Denver Skyline will soon be out of sight for this eastbound coal train as it heads for the Great Plains in Eastern Colorado. Currently, the train is running through the siding at Mesa, around a local that had been working on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107583 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 slowly makes its way east through the siding at Mesa. DS-86 was unable to get the switch at the west end to throw to the siding. So, the crew had to take the switch in hand throw and was flagged past the red signal at West Mesa in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107582 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1053 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Roydale Local is on the mainline at Mesa after having switched out some cars at local industries. It now has five cars in the tow heading back to the Roydale yard. It will have to hold the main for a bit though as UP 1982 is leading a coal train east in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107581 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K627 (West Mesa) Aurora, CO 1148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific I must admit, the more I see the Missouri Pacific heritage unit, the more I like it! I have always been a fan of the "Jenks Blue" (the dark blue), and I have also always liked the "Screaming Eagle" on the long hood. Would be rather cool if Missouri Pacific survived to 2018 and actually had this paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107580 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K627 (West Mesa) Aurora, CO 1153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific High early afternoon sun shines down on UP 1982 and UP 6239 (ex-SP 190) as the train slows to a stop, facing a red signal at the west end of Mesa of on the Limon Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107579 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Mesa Aurora, CO 1168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The screaming eagle leads an eastbound coal load underneath the RTD A-Line that connects Union Station in downtown Denver with Denver International Airport. This coal train loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch two days ago. Fortunately, the engineer setting up the power in Grand Junction set up 1982 to lead east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107578 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Mesa Aurora, CO 1138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982, the Missouri Pacific heritage unit, leads an eastbound coal load as the train crosses underneath the RTD "A-Line" commuter rail that connects Union Station to Denver International Airport. The train is approaching the grade crossing at Airport Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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