Photo ID: 108035 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 829 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific From high above, an eastbound empty grain train descends down the hill from Cedar Point. If you look very closely in the top-right portion of the picture, you will see hat Cedar Point has in fact had its east switch removed and it is now a (roughly) 5,000-foot-long stub track, occasionally used for storage. An 18-wheeler is also making its way east on I-70 off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108034 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific It is a beautiful spring day on the eastern Colorado plains. 24 hours after taking this picture, the scene would be radically different, covered in snow, as a spring blizzard moves in overnight. This train originated from Eagle Pass, TX and is heading to Cheyenne Wells, a city about 18 miles west of the Kansas border. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108033 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 1130 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An AC4400CW with a fairly fresh coat of paint, sporting some wings on the nose, rounds the bend near the west end of Cedar Point. This siding, which is under 5,000 feet long, really is not even a siding anymore after UP removed the east switch a few years ago. It is now a stub train just under 5,000 feet in length. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108032 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 849 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound unit grain empty, heading for Cheyenne Wells, has climbed up to Cedar Point from Buick and is now starting the decent down toward Limon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108031 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 848 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A single ES44AC is crossing over West Bijou Creek, which actually does have a little bit of water running in it right now. The grain empty is heading for Cheyenne Wells in eastern Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108030 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 943 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound empty grain train crosses over West Bijou Creek just west of Byers on its way east toward Cheyenne Wells. Once there, the train will tie down in the siding and the power will return to Denver. The train came from Eagle Pass, TX, went up to Topeka, KS, then made its way over the Overland to Cheyenne, back south to Denver, and east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107921 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1301 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific After stopping at Roydale to drop off some passengers, UP 4014 is now crossing Sand Creek on Main 1 parallel to RTD's A-Line that runs out to Denver International Airport. The train will head to North Yard to tie up for the night before returning to Cheyenne the next day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107920 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Bennett Adams County, CO 963 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The colder temperatures of November (about 40°F on this day) help to bring out the steam in the steam engine as UP 4014 heads west on the Limon Sub just east of the town of Bennett. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107919 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 859 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Anytime UP runs a steam train, they include at least one diesel unit. It is used as an assist in the event the steam engine needs it, but more commonly is used to help with (dynamic) braking and slowing the train down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107918 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 947 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 offers up a fair amount of smoke and steam as it crosses Kiowa Creek. The Big Boy is using two "water bottles" to provide its water. The two yellow cars directly behind UP 4014 are both filled with water for use by UP 4014 on the trip. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107917 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 956 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific's fully restored "Big Boy", UP 4014, leads a train across Kiowa Creek just east of Bennett. UP 4014 left Cheyenne two months ago for a long tour around the system and is heading back toward Denver. It will layover for the night before returning to Cheyenne the next day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107916 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 973 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 crosses over a currently dried up Kiowa Creek on the Limon Sub between Bennett and Strausburg. UP 4014 is wrapping up a two month trip across much of UP's system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107588 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K625 (East Mesa) Aurora, CO 1201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF Here is something of a rare sight! UP is using a borrowed ES44C4 from BNSF to bring up the tail end of this eastbound coal load as it departs the siding at Mesa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107587 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A three quarters look of UP 1982 from the back as it leads an eastbound coal load through the siding at Mesa. Screaming eagle and Jenks blue look mighty fine in the high July sunlight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107586 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Missouri Pacific heritage unit, UP 1982, leads an eastbound coal load through the siding at Mesa. The train was loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork branch in Western Colorado and is now headed for the plains on the Limon Sub. The last time I caught the unit leading a train in Colorado was almost exactly four years ago when it led a manifest on the Moffat on July 13, 2014. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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