Photo ID: 111320 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sandown to Roydale Denver, CO 71 (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 1471 (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 1348 (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 1950 (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 1867 (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 2105 (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 1973 (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 3093 (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 2179 (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 2572 (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 1797 (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. Photo ID: 101080 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 1757 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) MoPac I stumbled across this MoPac bay window caboose sitting near the end of a stub track. Appeared to be in descent condition, all things considered. Couldn't really tell how recently it was last used. There was also no indicating if UP owned it or if is was privately owned. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100367 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 22, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Roydale, CO 3088 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Rio Grande resting on a late Saturday afternoon underneath an American flag flapping in the wind, unpatched Rio Grande GP40-2 #3129 waits for some local (switching) action on Monday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100366 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 22, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Roydale, CO 2414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Rio Grande, SSW Two units still untouched by UP "hands" idle away on a Saturday afternoon at Roydale. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100365 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 22, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Roydale, CO 1981 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) SSW Two Cotton Belt GP40M-2s can still be found, unpatched, in 2005. SSW 7652 and SSW 7638 sit along the KP main at Roydale on the east side of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.