Photo ID: 105162 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF BNSF train on the Limon Sub? No, this UP oil train is just borrowing some BNSF power for the journey. The train original in St James, LA and is headed for Carr, CO where it will be loaded and return back to Louisiana. The train is crossing over the West Bijou Creek (west of Byers, CO) over a good looking truss bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105161 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Byers, CO 1420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Unknown This little SW7 was once owned by Inland Steel. It was since sold (several times) and is now used to switch out the grain elevator located alongside the Limon Sub in Byers, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105160 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers (9,150ft) Byers, CO 1496 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This train has outrun most of the clouds, creating some rather harsh lighting conditions as the sun has moved more toward the western sky. The coal load is approaching the west switch of Byers. There is a clear signal and the train has a track warrant to continue heading east toward Sharon Springs, KS (the next crew change point) and points beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105159 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A patched Espee AC4400CW brings up the tail end of an eastbound coal load as the train moves through Strasburg, CO. In the distance, some kids play tag in the park, apparently indifferent to the quick-moving eastbound. UP 6358 was SP 313 until receiving its yellow patch over a decade ago on May 30, 2003. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105158 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Wagner Street overpass in Strasburg (which connects the town to I-70) offers a nice vantage point this eastbound coal load which includes an east coast visitor. If you look, you can just see I-70 near the top-left corner of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105157 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bennett Bennett, CO 1521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific I like getting an "up close" long lens shot like this one. The compression of the train and detail of the lead units makes for a dramatic shot. The Limon Sub moves up and down over the gentle hills of the eastern Colorado plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105156 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bennett Bennett, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific As the Limon Sub heads out on to the plains, opportunities for long lens shots like this become far more prevalent! Snow-capped Rocky Mountains are visible in the distance as a coal train, running 2x(0)x1 approaches a slow order west of Bennett, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105155 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Watkins, CO 1408 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific There is a long curve and nice wooden bridge just a few miles west of Watkins, CO. There is some rain in the area as the next week is predicted to bring a LOT of precipitation in Colorado. The train is moving at a descent clip...in fact, if you look closely, you can see a bit of coal dust blowing off the hoppers on the left side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105154 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Watkins, CO 1546 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal train just west of Watkins, CO has an eastern visitor helping out on the point. It was good to frame up a coal train in the viewfinder as it is getting harder to find and shoot coal train, particularly UP coal trains, in the Denver area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104848 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K627 (West Mesa) Aurora, CO 1514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound coal load is slowly approaching a red signal at the west switch of Mesa. The conductor was copying a new track warrant from DS-86, and a green signal would shortly follow. The bridge in the distance is new and will carry the commuter rail line north to Denver International Airport. A major fall thunderstorm is moving in to town from the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104847 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This scene shows another example of the large amounts of construction. The bridge and track this coal load is on was here five years ago. The other bridges and three tracks were not. Once activated, UP will have two main tracks here, both controlled by CTC (instead of the track warrants the currently control it). The two rails in the background are commuter rail tracks that will be activated in 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104846 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just as on the northwest side of Denver, there is a lot of construction going on along the east side as well. Commuter rails are being constructed between Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport. Much of the commuter rail trackage parallels UPs Limon Sub. UP is also adding a second main track for several miles as well as CTC to part of the Limon Sub. Here, a UP coal load heads east on what will become Main 1 once the second main is brought in to service. 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 1516 (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 1406 (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: 104577 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The crew on board this westbound coal train sits patiently in the cab of the sole leader, waiting on the arrival of a van to drive them the rest of the way in to town to North Yard. Another crew will take the train the rest of the way to Denver so additional power can be added for the trip west to the mine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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