Photo ID: 113462 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle to Greeley La Salle, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CSX, Union Pacific We are only a week away from the shortest day of the year, so the sun is setting mighty early! With roughly 30 minutes left before the sun dips behind the Rocky Mountains, a northbound special crosses the South Platte River between La Salle and Greeley. The UP train, with a CSX visitor from the east, is a special nuclear cask train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113461 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine to Brighton Adams County, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Just south of the E-470 overpass, a sole CSX ES44AH leads a special train north on the Greeley Sub. The two curious looking cars on this train are carrying radioactive nuclear material. The casks allow the material to be safely transported by rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113460 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific At this time of year, when the sun is far to the south, there is some nice lighting along the KP, including here at the Stapleton Yard where the Limon Local is getting ready to head east. Off in the distance, there is very little snow on the peaks of the Colorado Rockies as the fall has been very temperate this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113459 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The final Limon Local to run on a Sunday is being put together in the Stapleton Yard. 21 cars are ready to head east to Limon to be set out for the KYLE. Moving forward, the Limon Local will still run on Wednesdays. But the MNYSG will handle setting out cars in Limon as well, reducing the need for the local to run as frequently. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113458 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Ulster Street Denver, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 798 has slowed to a stop on Main 2 just shy of Ulster Street. Shortly, the train will continue west and then head north on the Greeley Sub, where it will stop near Sand Creek to wait for a fresh crew to continue north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113457 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers to Mesa Adams County, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Just west of the small town of Watkins, this special westbound (with a sole CSX leader) crosses a short trestle on the trip. Once arriving Denver, the crew will be relieved and a new crew will take the train north on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113456 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers to Mesa Adams County, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 798 rolls west on the main track between Bennett and Watkins. This special train is limited to a max speed of 45 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113454 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific An unexpected train came west on the Limon Sub on this Sunday morning. Two nuclear casks were being moved by a single CSX ES44AH, seen here crossing Kiowa Creek near Bennett. The nuclear casks are used to transport radioactive material safely by rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113430 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific A UP ES44AC was added to the point of the westbound Zephyr at North Yard this morning, delaying the train by about an hour. Overnight, around six inches of snow fell, and it is lightly continuing here this morning. This is the first appreciable snowfall the Front Range have seen this winter season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113429 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The first real snowfall of the season came very late this year, at the start of December. The westbound Zephyr is about an hour late after stopping in North Yard to pick up a UP unit to run on the point. Presumably, one of the P42DCs on the Zephyr is having some mechanical issues, necessitating the addition of the UP unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113418 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific A former Western Pacific GP40-2 (now a GP40N) is assigned the duty of Colorado Springs switcher right now. While BNSF runs the vast majority of trains on the Joint Line, Union Pacific is still responsible for switching cars in the yard and delivering and picking up cars to/from customers in the Colorado Springs area. Former Rio Grande caboose #01513, now referred to as a "shoving platform", sits with the GP40N, waiting for an assignment that would come tomorrow (Monday). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113417 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific The depot in Colorado Springs hasn't been used as a depot since the end of passenger train service for most freight railroads in 1970 and 1971. There is still a restaurant in the depot as it sits alongside a very empty yard at Colorado Springs. A single UP GP40-2 (now a GP40N after a UP rebuild) and former Rio Grande caboose sit waiting for an assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113394 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A trio of UP GP38-2s sit in North Yard, UP 663 kicking up a ton of exhaust. All three of these units started their lives as Missouri Pacific units. Missouri Pacific, being primarily a high plains railroad, is one of a handful of railroads that ordered some units without dynamic brakes, deeming them unnecessary for the terrain they ran in. Today, such units are almost always relegated to yard service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113393 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This UP GP38-2 has seen better days for a number of reasons. I'm guessing that it has spent some time either in the Houston area, or in Southern California, based on the extensive graffiti. Additionally, white exhaust is pouring out of the exhaust stacks as well. In a diesel-electric locomotive, this is generally indicative of unburned diesel fuel in the cylinders, sometimes from injection timing issues. However, it is possible that it might just be the result of a cold start, and the temperature this morning is only about 25°F, so if the unit was just started, that could explain the exhaust as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113375 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 42 (MP 115.8, 463 ft) Grand County, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the east switch of Radium, this westbound UP oil empty emerges from Tunnel 42, the second half of the train visible off in the distance. The train is slowing as it has an approach signal at the east end of Radium as DS-378 is working to figure out the plan for the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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