Photo ID: 113023 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K632 Denver, CO 311 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The conductor for the Limon Local is closely watching the train as it rolls by on Main 1 eastbound. He is looking at the brakes on each car is rolls by to ensure all brakes have been released. After the train completely rolls by, the conductor will get a ride to the head end for the train to continue east onto the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113022 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K632 Denver, CO 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Limon Local rolls by the signals at the control point CP K632 at Havana Street. The train is rolling by relatively slowly, as the conductor is examining the train to ensure the hand brakes have all been released. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113021 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The conductor has finally walked the train to make sure all the hand brakes are released. The engineer is now on the train alone, and the conductor is going to watch the train roll by to, again, ensure there are no sticking hand brakes for the journey east to Limon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113020 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific After spending two hours pulling cars out of the yard at Stapleton, the Limon Local is getting close to being ready to depart east. However, the conductor still has to walk the entire 84-car train to make sure all the hand brakes have been released. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113019 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 324 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific I shot the Limon Local a week earlier, and the leader the crew was given was in much better shape than this AC4400CW! This particular unit is probably wearing the same paint as when it was delivered to Union Pacific in November 1995. An interesting note about this unit. It was actually ordered by Chicago North Western. But it was ready for delivery after the UP acquired the CNW, so it was delivered in UP colors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113018 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The crew on UP 6873 brought the AC4400CW out of North Yard over to Stapleton here on the Limon Sub. The unit is sitting on Main 1, getting ready to enter the yard. You can see there are a lot of cars waiting. 84 cars in all, plus a GP40-2 and an SD40-2. The crew will have to triple over to build the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113017 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 277 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An SD70M leads this eastbound light power move toward a diverging clear signal (away from the camera) at Havana Street. The crew light power is going all the way to Kansas to pick up a grain train. It is the harvest season! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113016 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific These three units are approaching a diverging clear signal at Havana Street, where Main 2 ends. The light power has a long journey ahead, as it is headed to Ogallah, KS to pick up a grain train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113004 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Limon (8,841ft) Denver, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just over an hour before sunset, UP's Limon Local has arrived in Limon. It has come to a stop on the main, and the conductor will soon hop off and throw the switch that leads from UP's Limon Sub over to the KYLE railroad. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113003 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Denver, CO 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific At the start of Golden Hour, UP's Limon Local passes the west switch of Cedar Point, roughly ten miles west of Limon. While I am not complaining about the opportunity to chase a train on the Limon Sub, it would have been great if the ES44AC had been left behind and the train had run with just the pair of SD40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113002 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers to Agate Denver, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Limon Subdivision used to see a lot of traffic in the early 2000s. Coal trains coming from or headed to mines in Western Colorado, during the height of coal, would run on the Limon Sub. These days, the eastern mainline has all but been deserted. The Limon Local makes periodic trips from Denver to Limon. There is an occasional oil train, but most of the UP oil trains run on the Overland. There's also a grain train from time-to-time, but otherwise, not much runs out here. You could easily spend an entire day trackside and not see anything moving. Fortunately, I was able to catch the Limon Local this afternoon as it heads east, just west of Agate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113001 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers to Agate Denver, CO 400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific East of Denver, I-70 follows the Limon Subdivision pretty closely until the town of Limon, at which point the track turn southeast and follow US-287. Here, just west of Agate, we get a shot of a 40-car Limon Local, following along the interstate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113000 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers (9,150ft) Denver, CO 450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific It has been quite awhile since I've chased anything on the Limon Sub, mainly because trains run so incredibly infrequently. I was happy to have the opportunity to get a shot of the Limon Local as it crosses West Bijou Creek, which is completely dry at the moment. The west half of this bridge was rebuilt a little over five years ago. The blocky concrete bridge is the result of the rebuild. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112999 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bennett (4,976ft) Denver, CO 421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Bennett, on the Limon Subdivision, The Limon Local crosses a long trestle that runs over Kiowa Creek. The creek is almost entirely dried up most of the year, with August being no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112998 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roydale Denver, CO 446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The crew on the Limon Local has assembled its train after picking up cars here at Roydale. The train is now out on Main 1, waiting for the dispatcher to set up a signal for the train to continue east. When RTD wanted to build a commuter rail from Union Station to Denver International Airport, RTD purchased some of the right-of-way that UP owned between 36th Street and east between Sable and Mesa. With the proceeds from the sale, UP installed CTC on the west end of the Limon Sub, and added a second main track to the far west end as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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