Photo ID: 113089 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Creek Byers, CO 232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 6168 and the rest of the Limon Local cross the relatively long bridge over West Bijou Creek. At this time of year, there currently is no creek at all. It is entirely dried up! Something of note with the power on the train is the fact that both of the first two units once sported scarlet and gray, as they were both once rostered on Espee's roster! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113088 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Bennett, CO 257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP's Limon Local crosses over the almost entirely dried up Kiowa Creek on the east edge of Bennett, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113087 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bennett Bennett, CO 211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In the small town of Bennett, CO, UP's Limon Local charges east onto the Colorado plains. The control tower you see in the distance is not that of Denver Internal Airport, but rather Colorado Air and Space Port, a public airport located less than 9 miles southeast of DIA. The plane almost directly above the control tower is landing at DIA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113086 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa to Watkins Denver, CO 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A quick roster shot of snoot-nose SD40-2 UP 1837. The longer "snoot-nose" once held extra radio equipment. I don't think it is actually used for anything like that today. Still, looks a little different from most of the other SD40-2s built! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113085 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K625 (East Mesa) Denver, CO 263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the east switch of Mesa, UP's Limon Local is leaving CTC behind and has entered into Track Warrant territory. They have a track warrant out to near Deer Trail, CO. That warrant will not get them all the way to Limon. The reason for the warrant only going that far is due to the fact they are following an eastbound coal load which has only made it as far east as Deer Trail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113084 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) LTEX The Limon Local pulls toward a green signal at Roydale. Here, Main 2 collapses into Main 1, creating a single track main. Not far east of here is the west switch of the siding of Sable. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113083 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Okay, it is time to depart! UP 1837, a snoot-nose SD40-2, puts on a bit of an exhaust show as the engineer throttle up to start pulling the (roughly) 40 car Limon Local eastbound on Main 1 toward a green signal. UP 6168 was delivered as SP 139 in April 1995. I was a sophomore in high school at the time, and remember seeing those new scarlet and gray units sometimes when I was getting lunch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113082 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Regional Transportation District As the Limon Local works to build its train in the Stapleton Yard, a four-car RTD A-Line commuter train comes screaming by on the way from Union Station out to Denver International Airport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113081 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This is an interesting trio of power for the Limon Local. The snoot-nose SD40-2, delivered to Union Pacific March 1978, has had a bit of tagging on it. That stands in sharp contrast to UP 1484, whose paint looks pristine. The paint on UP 6168 doesn't look bad...just a bit dirty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113080 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The conductor on the Limon Local gives a hand signal to the engineer, letting him know to slow as UP 6168 is about to attach to the two units and string of cars in the track. Meanwhile, a utility man starts walking over to offer his assistance to the impending switching moves. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113079 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) LTEX With LTEX 3842 now secure with the first half of cars for the Limon Local, UP 6168 is back up on the next track to pick up a GP40N and SD40-2 to help with the move east to Limon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113078 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The crew on the Limon Local is currently working to cut away from LTEX 3842, a GP38-2 that is shut off, to be delivered to a new rail park near Bennett, CO. Next, UP 6168 will jump over to the next track to pick up UP 1484 and the string of cars it is attached to. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113077 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) LTEX UP 6168 back up with LTEX 3842 toward the first string of cars for the Limon Local. The crew will temporarily leave LTEX 3842 along with the string of cars. This will allow the crew to pick up the two additional (UP) units for the journey, with LTEX 3842 being the fourth units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113076 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In addition to the AC4400CW that the crew brought out of North Yard with them, an ex-SP GP40-2 (now a GP40N) and a snoot-nose SD40-2 will provide power for the local. Unlike the last few weeks when I have observed the local, the crew has a utility man (or "U-Man") to help protect shoves and check hand brakes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113075 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) LTEX This is a very interesting picture! While the conductor on the Limon Local works to tie on a FRED (or End of Train device) to what will become the last car of the local, four random guys are walking between yard tracks! They are carrying backpacks, stepladders, and bottles of water. Were they just in the midst of a little graffiti work? I cannot say for sure, but it was quite odd to see! They continued walking west, eventually leaving UP property. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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