Photo ID: 102579 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634 Denver, CO 1686 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This "rocket train" is headed west to Utah in order to get a new solid rocket booster for NASA. These ten cars are sufficient for transporting two boosters. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102578 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634 Denver, CO 1606 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Need a boost? This is a specially designed car used to transport the solid rocket boosters used by NASA on the space shuttle! The cars on this train are not loaded with boosters; they are returning to Utah to pick up a new load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102577 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634 Denver, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific How's this for an interesting looking car? The roll bars that have been welded to the car are used to determine clearance. This is part of the "rocket train", which is used to transports the solid rocket boosters used by NASA. This car ensures the train has the proper clearance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102576 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634 Denver, CO 2208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific What kind of train is this you ask? It is a special train designed to carry the solid rocket boosters used by NASA on the space shuttle! The train came from Florida and is on its way to Clearfield, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102404 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 18, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 637 Denver, CO 1830 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific runs a daily manifest between Denver and Salina, KS over the Limon Sub. This is the only regularly scheduled non-coal train that runs on the KP. Here, the westbound MSIDV is less than a mile away from UP's 36th Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102280 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 637 Denver, CO 3118 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just outside of UP's 36th Street Yard, UP 844 and train use a bit of the Limon Subdivision to wye the train. This will allow the train to back through the yard and into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102156 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 633 Denver, CO 1843 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A military train on route from Yermo, CA to Fort Riley, KS heads east on the Limon Subdivision with an SD70ACe on the point. The crew on the train has been on since Speer, WY and is headed for Sable where a relief crew will take the train to Sharon Springs, KS. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102070 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 15, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (K627) Aurora, CO 1791 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific With light almost gone in the western sky, this unit pipe train is entering the siding at Mesa to clear up for an eastbound coal load. Even though the Limon Sub operates under track warrants, there is an ABS island at both ends of Mesa, allowing the dispatcher to throw the switch, saving the crew quite a bit of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102069 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 15, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 612 Manila, CO 2292 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Light is fading quickly and the ISO on the camera is getting bumped up just as fast! This UP unit pipe train is being led by an all-BNSF consist. The BNSF units would ultimately be removed in Denver before the train continued west to Empire, CO on the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102068 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 15, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 610 Bennett, CO 2148 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Just west of Bennett, a unit UP pipe train is led by a good looking BNSF SD75I Warbonnet. A bit of pink is still holding on to the north as this shot was taken during the same minute as the sunset. The train is moving along US-36 near track speed, around 45 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102067 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 15, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 603 Strasburg, CO 2161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Some of the recent rains are evident in a few pools on the ground as a unit pipe train rolls through Strasburg as the sun sets behind a large thundercloud. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102066 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 15, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 602 Strasburg, CO 2295 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF A Union Pacific unit pipe train is being led by an all-BNSF consist (an SD75I, and SD75M and an ES44AC). The 49 flat cars of pipe are being taken to Empire, CO where an underground gas line is being built. The train is approaching the Wagner Street overpass in Strasburg. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sable Aurora, CO 2010 (Add a Comment) 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102064 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sable Aurora, CO 1925 (Add a Comment) 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! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102063 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 625 Aurora, CO 1862 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific I thought that a nice black and white shot was rather appropriate for this late-in-the-day shot of a special military train approaching a clear block at Mesa. Smith Road runs parallel to the track (on the left). Note the coal train tied down in the siding at Mesa, just over the horizon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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