Photo ID: 108796 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Aurora, CO 743 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the town of Watkins, there is a great curve that has good lighting for eastbounds in the mornings and westbound in the afternoons. It worked out quite nicely that UP 4014 was making its way west at the curve in the late afternoon! Kinda nice how the curve almost entirely obscures UP 4015, the SD70M helper, in the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108795 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bennett (4,976ft) Bennett, CO 874 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train cross over a fairly long, albeit not particularly high, bridge over Kiowa Creek. Being that it is September, the creek is probably little more than a stream, probably only a few feet across (if that). However, the train still looks great as it crosses the trestle amongst the trees! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108794 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail Deer Trail, CO 804 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 makes a 15 minute stop in the small town of Deer Trail, CO, about 50 miles east of Denver on the Colorado Plains. You can seen the line of cars on CO-40 in the background, stretching just about as far as the eye can see, filled with people coming out to see the Big Boy in person. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108793 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A smattering of railfans journeyed a bit off the main thoroughfares to Cedar Point for UP's steam train. There is a bit of a grade here, and the tracks depart the path they generally follow along I-70. Yours truly is amongst the group of photographers in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108792 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 968 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Have you ever noted the numbers on the side of the cab of UP 4014 (beneath the unit number), or on most US steam engines for that matter? If you have wondered what they mean, here you go! 4-8-8-4: The wheel arrangement of the engine 1: This unit was part of the first or of this model of steam engine 68: The diameter of the drive wheels (in inches) 24-24: Diameter of the drive cylinders in inches (first number is front cylinders, second is back) 32: Length of the stroke (in inches) of the drive cylinders 540: Weight of the unit in pounds Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108791 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 864 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific On July 23, 2013, it was revealed that UP had reached an agreement with the SoCal Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, CA to reacquire Big Boy 4014, rebuild it, and bring it back in to service. It is great being able to stand trackside and actually see the largest steam engine in American history running on the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 863 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This particular scene just has a timeless feel for it. If it wasn't for the SD70M...and perhaps the radio tower in the distance...it would be somewhat difficult to tell if this picture was taken in 1955 or 2021. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 1000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 climbs the slight grade at Cedar Point, just west of Limon. Cedar Point is a great place to check out trains on the Limon Sub. Light is usually decent for westbounds or eastbounds, and the grade means trains are working a bit more as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108788 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 889 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Cedar Point, UP 4014 and UP 4015 lead UP's annual steam train excursion on the seldom-used Limon Sub, parallel to I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108787 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hugo (3,777ft) Hugo, CO 648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This aerial view of the small town of Hugo, CO really exemplifies just how much of a crowd UP's steam trains draw in! Cars are lined on both sides of US-287 through the town. I saw plenty of license plates from Kansas and Utah as railfans and steam fans (who are not necessarily railfans otherwise) made the trek to check it out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108786 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hugo (3,777ft) Hugo, CO 980 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Unsure of exactly where Big Boy UP 4014 would stop, people walk along the tracks from the left to gather around the engine to marvel at the impressive machine, take pictures, or maybe get that selfie they've wanted! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108785 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hugo (3,777ft) Hugo, CO 882 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific No matter where it goes, how large or small the town is, or how far away from major population centers, UP's steam engines always draw an impressive crowd! The town of Hugo is flooded with steam enthusiasts. So much so that local police were conducting traffic control at intersection is the typically sleepy town. The train is stopped here for a 30 minute photo op. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108784 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hugo (3,777ft) Hugo, CO 943 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The UP Steam Crew bring UP 4014 to a stop for a 30 minute break and photo op in the small town of Hugo, CO. UP 4014 is getting close to the end of a month-long tour that took it from Cheyenne to New Orleans and now back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108037 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Agate Elbert County, CO 847 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound empty autorack train crosses over Agate Creek on the eastern Colorado plains. The train is the last non-grain, non-Limon Local train that will be on the KP line for the foreseeable future. The autoracks are going in to storage on the main at Jim, along with two other strings of autoracks that will be stored on both the main and siding at Jim, blocking the KP as a through route. Traffic heading east out of Denver will now have to go north to Cheyenne and east on the Overland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108036 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers (9,150ft) Byers, CO 879 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific That's a lot of autoracks! Union Pacific has made the decision to no longer use the KP as a through route. Due to the current downturn in the economy, a lot of cars are heading for storage. The siding at Byers has a string of autoracks stored in it. Agate has spine cars stored, and Buick has well cars stored. The cars on this train will be stored on the main at Jim, between Cheyenne Wells and Sharon Springs. The only trains the KP will see for the foreseeable future will be the Limon Local and an occasional grain shuttle to either Byers or Cheyenne Wells. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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