Photo ID: 105166 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF This shot just screamed black and white to me. I really like the look of the long line of uniform tank cars. A single DPU pushes behind the "buffer" car located at the tail end of the westbound oil empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105165 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1249 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF This UP oil train was borrowing some power from BNSF. It would have been great to have this good looking Warbonnet on the point, but having it facing the "correct direction" as the sole DPU works too. The train is passing through downtown Strasburg, CO on its journey west toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105164 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF As the push to move from coal to oil and natural gas continues, long unit trains of hoppers are slowly being replaced by long unit trains of tank cars. That's good news for some lines out there, one of which is the UP Limon Sub. Other than a daily freight and a few locals, the Limon Sub is primarily supplied by coal trains. Fortunately, oil trains will hopefully help to bring traffic to a line that is seeing a decrease in coal. Here, an empty oil train heads west through Strasburg, about 35 miles east of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105163 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 1374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, CREX As a result of the power shortage, the railroad leasing company CitiRail (a subsidiary of CitiBank) recently ordered 100 ES44ACs. Upon delivery, the units were leased out to BNSF. That fact makes this an interesting shot, as this is a CitiRail unit, leased to BNSF, and now being borrowed by UP on an empty oil train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105162 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 1353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF BNSF train on the Limon Sub? No, this UP oil train is just borrowing some BNSF power for the journey. The train original in St James, LA and is headed for Carr, CO where it will be loaded and return back to Louisiana. The train is crossing over the West Bijou Creek (west of Byers, CO) over a good looking truss bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105161 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Byers, CO 1304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Unknown This little SW7 was once owned by Inland Steel. It was since sold (several times) and is now used to switch out the grain elevator located alongside the Limon Sub in Byers, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105160 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers (9,150ft) Byers, CO 1369 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This train has outrun most of the clouds, creating some rather harsh lighting conditions as the sun has moved more toward the western sky. The coal load is approaching the west switch of Byers. There is a clear signal and the train has a track warrant to continue heading east toward Sharon Springs, KS (the next crew change point) and points beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105159 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A patched Espee AC4400CW brings up the tail end of an eastbound coal load as the train moves through Strasburg, CO. In the distance, some kids play tag in the park, apparently indifferent to the quick-moving eastbound. UP 6358 was SP 313 until receiving its yellow patch over a decade ago on May 30, 2003. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105158 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The Wagner Street overpass in Strasburg (which connects the town to I-70) offers a nice vantage point this eastbound coal load which includes an east coast visitor. If you look, you can just see I-70 near the top-left corner of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105157 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bennett Bennett, CO 1376 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific I like getting an "up close" long lens shot like this one. The compression of the train and detail of the lead units makes for a dramatic shot. The Limon Sub moves up and down over the gentle hills of the eastern Colorado plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105156 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bennett Bennett, CO 1389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific As the Limon Sub heads out on to the plains, opportunities for long lens shots like this become far more prevalent! Snow-capped Rocky Mountains are visible in the distance as a coal train, running 2x(0)x1 approaches a slow order west of Bennett, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105155 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Watkins, CO 1304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific There is a long curve and nice wooden bridge just a few miles west of Watkins, CO. There is some rain in the area as the next week is predicted to bring a LOT of precipitation in Colorado. The train is moving at a descent clip...in fact, if you look closely, you can see a bit of coal dust blowing off the hoppers on the left side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105154 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Watkins Watkins, CO 1420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal train just west of Watkins, CO has an eastern visitor helping out on the point. It was good to frame up a coal train in the viewfinder as it is getting harder to find and shoot coal train, particularly UP coal trains, in the Denver area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104848 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K627 (West Mesa) Aurora, CO 1380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound coal load is slowly approaching a red signal at the west switch of Mesa. The conductor was copying a new track warrant from DS-86, and a green signal would shortly follow. The bridge in the distance is new and will carry the commuter rail line north to Denver International Airport. A major fall thunderstorm is moving in to town from the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104847 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This scene shows another example of the large amounts of construction. The bridge and track this coal load is on was here five years ago. The other bridges and three tracks were not. Once activated, UP will have two main tracks here, both controlled by CTC (instead of the track warrants the currently control it). The two rails in the background are commuter rail tracks that will be activated in 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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