Photo ID: 107585 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Rolling slowly east through the siding at Mesa, the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit (UP 1982) leads an eastbound coal load toward a clear signal at the east switch. The train is passing underneath I-70 in the background, a highway that the tracks will more or less parallel until Limon, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107584 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Rocky Mountains and the Denver Skyline will soon be out of sight for this eastbound coal train as it heads for the Great Plains in Eastern Colorado. Currently, the train is running through the siding at Mesa, around a local that had been working on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107583 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 slowly makes its way east through the siding at Mesa. DS-86 was unable to get the switch at the west end to throw to the siding. So, the crew had to take the switch in hand throw and was flagged past the red signal at West Mesa in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107582 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1058 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Roydale Local is on the mainline at Mesa after having switched out some cars at local industries. It now has five cars in the tow heading back to the Roydale yard. It will have to hold the main for a bit though as UP 1982 is leading a coal train east in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107581 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K627 (West Mesa) Aurora, CO 1153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific I must admit, the more I see the Missouri Pacific heritage unit, the more I like it! I have always been a fan of the "Jenks Blue" (the dark blue), and I have also always liked the "Screaming Eagle" on the long hood. Would be rather cool if Missouri Pacific survived to 2018 and actually had this paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107580 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K627 (West Mesa) Aurora, CO 1163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific High early afternoon sun shines down on UP 1982 and UP 6239 (ex-SP 190) as the train slows to a stop, facing a red signal at the west end of Mesa of on the Limon Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107579 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Mesa Aurora, CO 1173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The screaming eagle leads an eastbound coal load underneath the RTD A-Line that connects Union Station in downtown Denver with Denver International Airport. This coal train loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch two days ago. Fortunately, the engineer setting up the power in Grand Junction set up 1982 to lead east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107578 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Mesa Aurora, CO 1143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982, the Missouri Pacific heritage unit, leads an eastbound coal load as the train crosses underneath the RTD "A-Line" commuter rail that connects Union Station to Denver International Airport. The train is approaching the grade crossing at Airport Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107577 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Mesa Aurora, CO 1192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load on the Limon Sub just west of the siding of Mesa. A special visitor just happens to be on the point on this day, too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106773 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 1202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific After a coal load broke in half near Buick, the KP Line came to a halt! This eastbound special stopped here, west of the siding at Byers, and held for several hours while waiting for the coal load to get on the move again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106772 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Buick Elbert County, CO 1193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific This eastbound coal train through a monkey wrench in UP's afternoon operation. As you can see, the train broke in to two. The conductor walked back and set the brakes on 30 cars before walking the rest of the train. Meanwhile, the engineer had to isolate the rear DPU. When the conductor walked back up, the train was put back together and the brakes were knocked off. Then, the engineer brought the rear DPU online and recharged the brakes. The entire process took several hours. There was an 8,000-foot MSIDV out of Limon, but it made a reverse move to Limon as the crew only had 90 minutes to work and the coal train had the line blocked. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106771 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 1282 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just west of Byers, the tracks cross over West Bijou Creek. Here, an eastbound UP special crosses over that bridge right at the same time a cloud decides to float on by. Wouldn't you know it! The special is approaching an approach signal at West Byers. However, its current track warrant will keep it 1/4 mile short from the switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106770 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Strasburg, CO Arapahoe County, CO 1182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The weather on the plains was a little odd on this afternoon. In general, things were sunny...however, there were a few random flurries blowing around. In the summer, these probably would've been random rain showers. This UP special is just east of Strasburg and is approaching a Form B. The bridge over the tracks in Strasburg is being replaced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106769 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bennett Adams County, CO 1058 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound crosses over a culvert underneath some partly cloudy skies. Despite the (relatively) clear skies, it was actually a very chilly day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106768 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Watkins Adams County, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A pair of SD70Ms lead a SEPTA ACS-64 and a trio of MARC SC-44 across the openness of the Colorado plains. These electric units were built by Siemens in California and are headed for Pennsylvania and Maryland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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