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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
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1332 (Add a Comment)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Just as on the northwest side of Denver, there is a lot of construction going on along the east side as well. Commuter rails are being constructed between Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport. Much of the commuter rail trackage parallels UPs Limon Sub. UP is also adding a second main track for several miles as well as CTC to part of the Limon Sub. Here, a UP coal load heads east on what will become Main 1 once the second main is brought in to service.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Roydale
Denver, CO
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1374 (Add a Comment)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Just west of Roydale (and Havana Street), we see the progress on the construction of Main 2 on the Limon Sub. This second main will be about four miles long, paralleling the existing main to the right. The addition of this main, as well as CTC, will make it much easier for through trains to get around locals that frequently work the existing main track. In the distance, you can see the relatively new Central Park Blvd overpass just a bit east of Ulster Street (and the old Sandown Junction). Once upon a time, this shot would have contained a tunnel (for the tracks) underneath the north/south runways of Stapleton International Airport!
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Roydale
Aurora, CO
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1289 (Add a Comment)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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When RTD approached UP and asked to build the "East Line" along the Limon Sub right-of-way, UP had a few conditions. Specifically, they are getting CTC installed between the yard in Denver and Mesa. A stretch of about nine miles. In addition, a second main track is being added between the yard at Roydale (about four miles). There are several locals that work between Denver and Roydale and the addition of the second main will allow through trains to get through the limits much easier and faster. In this shot, you can see new signals - not yet fully installed or activated - near the west end of Roydale at Havana Street. Here, the second main will go back down to a single main. The track closest to the photographer is not yet active, but will become Main 2 once it is active.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Mesa (8,880ft)
Aurora, CO
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1346 (Add a Comment)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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When one (or both) of the bypass tracks are open at North Yard, DS-86 will generally take westbound coal empties to one of the two tracks to tie down. However, when the tracks are not available, westbounds will generally tie down either in the siding of Sable or Mesa. Such was the case on this day as this westbound empty, led by a single C44AC-CTE, ties down in the siding at Mesa.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Mesa (8,880ft)
Aurora, CO
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1537 (1 Comment Posted)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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I'm always a sucker for a roster shot of an EMD unit! Even when said EMD unit is a (not-so-aesthetically pleasing) SD70ACe. Not to say that I think they are ugly; they have grown on me. But they still don't match up to a spartan cab...or even the wide cab on an SD70M. It is somewhat hard to believe that it has been nearly 10 years since these units were being "sent through the wringer" by EMD.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Mesa (8,880ft)
Aurora, CO
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1376 (Add a Comment)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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While most of the major rail lines in to and out of Denver have changed ownership (as the result of mergers) over the course of the past 30 years, the KP line has not. 30 years ago, this was UP's line to Denver from the east and that is still the case today. The line operates under track warrants with some CTC "islands" at seven sidings along the 200 mile stretch from Denver, CO to Sharon Springs, KS.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Mesa (8,880ft)
Aurora, CO
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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The dispatcher set up a perfect meet at Mesa between a westbound coal empty (to the right, in the siding) and an eastbound manifest (to the left, on the main). The coal empty would ultimately tie down here in the siding as there was no spot for it (yet) on either of the bypass tracks at North Yard. The manifest is the daily MDVSI and would continue east to Salina, KS.
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Kevin Morgan
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CP K627 (West Mesa)
Denver, CO
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1808 (2 Comments Posted)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific, Regional Transportation District
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Just a short distance west of the west switch of Mesa, construction on a new overpass for EMU commuter rail is making progress. Once complete, this bridge will be nearly 5,000 feet long! It is here that the commuter rail will leave the UP right of way and swing north, crossing the track, Airport Blvd, 32nd Avenue and I-70. This 22.8 mile long line from Union Station to Denver International Airport is scheduled to open in 2016.
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Kevin Morgan
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Dahlia Street
Denver, CO
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1467 (Add a Comment)
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Limon (UP)
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Union Pacific
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To build a EMU commuter line from Union Station to Denver International Airport, RTD is laying rail along UP's Limon Subdivision east of Denver. As part of the agreement, Union Pacific is getting a second main track and CTC in the area. Here, the existing main (to the left) and the new main (to the right, still under construction) can be seen at Dahlia Street.
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