Photo ID: 113262 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A snoot-nosed SD40N #1603 rolls east with fellow SD40N #1997 as the sun sinks in the western sky. UP 1603 has spent its entire life on UP's roster, delivered as SD40-2 #3349 in March 1977. The second unit start as a Chicago Northwestern unit, delivered as CNW 6862 in April 1974. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113261 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In August and September, I was able to chase the Limon Local east out of Denver. Each of those times, the train was long enough that the crew brought a wide cab GE unit out of North Yard for the trip east. However, with only 37 cars, a pair of SD40-2s (now designated as SD40Ns after being rebuilt) were all that was needed for the train on this Sunday as it passes by hay bales just west of Agate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113257 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Bundles of hay lay waiting to be picked up in a field as a unit oil train rolls east near Agate Creek, just west of the small plains town of Agate. The few oil trains that UP runs on the Moffat these days frequently run north up the Greeley to the Overland after arriving in Denver. Was a pleasant surprise to find this one headed east on the KP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113256 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP's Limon Subdivision sees very little traffic these days. Indeed, the line can go more than 24 hours without seeing any trains at all. Indeed, in the post-coal boom, pre-oil boom time period, the line was so slow, that UP stored cars on several sidings as well as the main, blocking the line as a through route! That lasted for around six months between April 2020 and October 2020. Here, an eastbound oil train is between Deer Trail and Agate, paralleling I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108794 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail Deer Trail, CO 956 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 makes a 15 minute stop in the small town of Deer Trail, CO, about 50 miles east of Denver on the Colorado Plains. You can seen the line of cars on CO-40 in the background, stretching just about as far as the eye can see, filled with people coming out to see the Big Boy in person. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106085 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Deer Trail Arapahoe County, CO 1991 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A field east of Deer Trail had a little bit of flooding, setting up a nice reflection shot for UP 1983 and UP 8224 on a beautiful June morning. Dark clouds make for a nice backdrop as the blade train passes by the field. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106084 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail Deer Trail, CO 1673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 1983 leads an eastbound blade train east of the town of Deer Trail on the KP (Kansas Pacific) line. With the downturn in coal, things have really slowed down on the KP. As few as 1 or 2 trains per 24-hour period is not uncommon! This train was able to run from Byers, CO to Sharon Springs, KS without any meets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106083 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail Deer Trail, CO 1714 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific At 3:45am, a crew was called to hop on a "blade train" (a train with electricity-generating windmill blades) that was tied down in the siding at Mesa. The train departed Mesa around 5:45am. I got trackside just east of Deer Trail, the first spot where sunlight came out from behind morning clouds. Here, UP 1983 leads the train in the morning sun. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.