Photo ID: 112998 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The crew on the Limon Local has assembled its train after picking up cars here at Roydale. The train is now out on Main 1, waiting for the dispatcher to set up a signal for the train to continue east. When RTD wanted to build a commuter rail from Union Station to Denver International Airport, RTD purchased some of the right-of-way that UP owned between 36th Street and east between Sable and Mesa. With the proceeds from the sale, UP installed CTC on the west end of the Limon Sub, and added a second main track to the far west end as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112997 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 419 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An ES44AC and a pair of SD40-2s will be the power on the on the Limon Local, whose train is being put together right now. Meanwhile, a 4-car RTD A-Line commuter train heads west toward Denver International Airport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112996 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 432 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The engineer and conductor on the Limon Local are working to pick up a pair of SD40-2s and the first few cars for the trip east to Limon. The engineer had to retrieve an MU cable to connect the ES44AC to the SD40-2. The conductor is getting ready to knock off hand brakes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112995 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of the Roydale Yard tracks, UP 7719 has come to a stop on Main 1 of the Limon Sub. The two units and cars in the background are all headed to Limon. The cars will be turned over to the KYLE railroad. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111320 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sandown to Roydale Denver, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 6360, former SP 316, leads an eastbound loaded oil train underneath Central Park Blvd. Half of this overpass was built in 2012 to accommodate the growing commercial and residential neighborhoods on the former Stapleton International Airport land. At that time, the bridge carried one lane of traffic each direction. In 2018, the bridge was doubled in width, and there are now two lanes in each direction on the bridge. The train is about to cross Sand Creek on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104581 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 1543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just west of Roydale (and Havana Street), we see the progress on the construction of Main 2 on the Limon Sub. This second main will be about four miles long, paralleling the existing main to the right. The addition of this main, as well as CTC, will make it much easier for through trains to get around locals that frequently work the existing main track. In the distance, you can see the relatively new Central Park Blvd overpass just a bit east of Ulster Street (and the old Sandown Junction). Once upon a time, this shot would have contained a tunnel (for the tracks) underneath the north/south runways of Stapleton International Airport! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104580 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Aurora, CO 1430 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific When RTD approached UP and asked to build the "East Line" along the Limon Sub right-of-way, UP had a few conditions. Specifically, they are getting CTC installed between the yard in Denver and Mesa. A stretch of about nine miles. In addition, a second main track is being added between the yard at Roydale (about four miles). There are several locals that work between Denver and Roydale and the addition of the second main will allow through trains to get through the limits much easier and faster. In this shot, you can see new signals - not yet fully installed or activated - near the west end of Roydale at Havana Street. Here, the second main will go back down to a single main. The track closest to the photographer is not yet active, but will become Main 2 once it is active. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102007 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 2019 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP special (symboled SKSSCW-11) passes the yard office at Roydale while UP 1203 (power for the local LDJ04) idles away on a stub track awaiting its next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101891 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 1952 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The second picture I added to the website was taken on January 12, 2002 and it was of DRGW 3111. Six years later and that same unit was found switching on the Roydale Local (the LDJ03) at Roydale. Looks a bit different from six years ago... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101890 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 2227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In Colorado, the weather can shift from Summer to Winter overnight...literally! 24 hours before this picture was taken, it was 75 degrees out. On this day, the mercury in the thermometer didn't get over 30. UP's LDJ03 is switching on the main at Roydale. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101513 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 13, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 2059 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In the 70's and 80's, you could always count on Union Pacific for a unique power combination. A GP30 followed by a DD35B followed by an SD24, or some such lashup. Today, unique power is harder to come by. However, this GP40-2/GP60/GP38-2/GP38-2 lashup isn't too bad! UP's Roydale Local is getting ready for a full day of switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101138 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 3240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Rio Grande AX-41 was the Jordan Spreader that Rio Grande kept and maintained in Minturn. The spreader was used to clear Tennessee Pass after major snow storms. Today, it is stored in North Yard and is only used once every couple of years on average. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101137 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 2245 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The WDVDVF-31 stops at Roydale to pick up some crew to help man the Jordan Spreader. The train, which is normally stored in North Yard, is headed east on the Limon Sub to help free some stranded trains in the snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101136 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 2680 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Rio Grande Jordan Spreader AX-41 passes UP 1348 (ex-DRGW 3126) at Roydale. The spreader is headed east on the Limon Sub to help clear snow from the line. The ex-Grande geep is working as power on the Roydale Local. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101081 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 1872 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific One of the Roydale Locals (the LDJ03) had a huge train that it was working on switching near Havana Street on the Limon Sub. Half the local (probably 40 cars) were sitting on the main track blocking through traffic while another 30 or so cars were being switched in industries. The lead unit, UP 1526, was SSW 7291 until August 5, 2005. I found that I actually have a shot of SSW 7291 taken on August 1, 2003 in Delta, CO on the Montrose Local!! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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