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Photo ID: 103885
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 5, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 630 (Sable)
Aurora, CO
1924
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
The Limon Sub doesn't typically play host to intermodal traffic. However, a derailment in Emmett, KS has resulted in the KOAMN being rerouted through Denver on its journey from Oakland, CA to Memphis, TN. Here, the train is stopped in the siding at Sable.
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Photo ID: 103884
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 5, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 630 (West Sable)
Aurora, CO
1439
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
The double stack on the right has just cleared the derail (in the foreground) and will be coming to a stop soon. The conductor from the coal empty at the left will take care of aligning the switch at west Sable to the main and setting the derail to the "derail" position.
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Photo ID: 103883
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 5, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 630 (West Sable)
Aurora, CO
1535
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
After nearly four hours of waiting around town, this KOAMN double stack has finally received a track warrant into the siding at Sable. Once in the siding, the crew will tie down and an inspection team will come and give the train a 1000 mile inspection.
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Photo ID: 102065
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Aurora, CO
1858
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
This long lens shot turned out a smidge distorted, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post a shot with planes, train and automobiles all in the same shot (that is, if you consider the military equipment "automobiles"!) ... The plain above is a FedEx cargo jet (an MD-11, to be exact) on final approach at Denver International Airport. The train, in the meantime, is preparing to tie down on the siding at Sable to await a recrew.
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Photo ID: 102064
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Aurora, CO
1775
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
With only a few hours left to work and no new crew called, this military train is pulling into the siding at Sable to tie down in order to wait for a recrew. I chased this train about 115 miles across the Colorado plains, yet this was quite probably the best light I had the whole day!
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Photo ID: 102005
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Aurora, CO
1980
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
Near the west switch of Sable, an eastbound coal load has a warrant to continue east to Mesa while a westbound sits in the hole. The conductor from UP 2426 is giving the coal train a roll by and preparing to throw the switch so the train can continue west toward the yard.
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Photo ID: 101988
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Denver, CO
1751
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
Even though only two of the eight units in this shot are actually on, it still isn't very often you see so many units on a train these days! The six 40-series units being towed are: WP 7888, UP 3167, UP 9872, UP 8860, UP 3144 and WP 7901. (Incidentally, UP uses "WP" on units that are scheduled for retirement -- it does not represent a unit that was once on the Western Pacific roster!)
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Photo ID: 101987
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Denver, CO
2028
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande
At Sable on the KP Line (near I-225), here are four of six units (all SD40-2s or SD40T-2s) are seen Dead-In-Consist on the MDVSI-13. The first unit in the shot was once DRGW 5407. the second unit was once SP 8266.
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Photo ID: 101715
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, November 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Aurora, CO
1810
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
Snow-capped peaks offer a nice background for this eastbound coal load, moving quickly along on the main at Sable. The train has a warrant east toward Limon.
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Photo ID: 101133
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, December 31, 2006 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Denver, CO
2336
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
UP's rotary snow plow (UP 900082) heads east on the main at Sable. The rotary is based in Cheyenne and was brought down the Greeley Sub early in the day into Denver.
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Photo ID: 100738
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Denver, CO
2054
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
I love what a polarizer can do for a picture! With the behind the camera, the blue in the sky is very vibrant! Note that this coal empty has second generation power (CEFX 2802, a former UP SD40-2 and HLCX 5969, a former UP/CNW SD60)…and that's it!
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Photo ID: 100724
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, April 28, 2006 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Denver, CO
1864
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
A roster shot of UP 8861 (ex-SP 8269) in the siding at Sable. This unit was patched by UP almost five years prior to this picture on June 12, 2001.
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Photo ID: 100723
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, April 28, 2006 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sable
Denver, CO
1867
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Subdivision
Railroad
Limon (UP) Union Pacific
Sitting tied down in the siding at Sable, UP 8861 (a patched Espee SD40T-2) leads this extra intermodal train, which has been in the siding waiting for a new crew for nearly 36 hours!
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