Photo ID: 113256 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP's Limon Subdivision sees very little traffic these days. Indeed, the line can go more than 24 hours without seeing any trains at all. Indeed, in the post-coal boom, pre-oil boom time period, the line was so slow, that UP stored cars on several sidings as well as the main, blocking the line as a through route! That lasted for around six months between April 2020 and October 2020. Here, an eastbound oil train is between Deer Trail and Agate, paralleling I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113255 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Creek Adams County, CO 142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Three elephant-style GEs lead an eastbound loaded oil train across West Bijou Creek on the KP, just west of Byers. Half of this bridge was completely rebuilt 10-15 years ago. From this shot, you can probably tell which half of the bridge received that rebuild! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Bridge Adams County, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A lot of the smaller creeks on the Colorado plains are typically dry, particular at this time of year. Kiowa Creek is no exception, but still has a nice bridge, with plenty of fall-color trees in the area as a UP oil train crosses and heads east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113253 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Watkins (4,632ft) Watkins, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A lot of yellow in the shot as fall is in full swing and an eastbound UP oil train, led by a trio of elephant-style GEs, crosses over a long but low trestle in Watkins, CO Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa to Watkins Adams County, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific When I saw the headlight on the horizon, I originally thought this was going to be the Limon Local. I was pleasantly surprised to find an eastbound loaded oil train instead, heading out onto the plains on the Limon Sub. Considering how few trains run on the KP, this was a nice surprise. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113251 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa to Watkins Adams County, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound oil train has left CTC limits behind at Mesa and is now headed east in TWC (track warrant control) limits. So why is there a trackside signal? And an ever better question...why is the signal yellow when the train is in the block beyond the signal? The key is the "D" plate located on the signal mast near the bottom. That "D" plate indicates this is a "distant signal". This signal does not give any occupancy information about the block ahead. It only gives westbound trains an indication of the CTC signal at the east end of Mesa. Since that signal at East Mesa is currently red, this distant signal shows a yellow (Approach) indication. If the signal at East Mesa were green, this signal would also show a green. Even with something in the block immediately beyond the signal. Indeed, in TWC limits, there are no "blocks" per se. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113089 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Creek Byers, CO 307 (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 327 (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 272 (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 305 (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 323 (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 229 (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 353 (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 271 (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 293 (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.

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