Denver Rails -The Railroads of Denver and the West
IMAGES OF RAILROADING IN AND AROUND DENVER & THE WEST
Places ᐊ Routes
- COLORADO
- BRIGHTON
- CHEYENNE WELLS
- COLORADO SPRINGS
- COMMERCE CITY
- DENVER
- ATLAS SCRAP YARDS
- BNSF YARDS
- DENVER ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD
- DUWALD SCRAP YARDS
- SIEGEL OIL
- UNION PACIFIC DOWNTOWN YARDS
- GENOA
- GREELEY
- HENDERSON
- LA JUNTA
- LA SALLE
- LARKSPUR
- MEAD
- NA JUNCTION
- ORDWAY
- PUEBLO
- SEDALIA
- TOWNER
- ILLINOIS
- CLINTON
- ELMWOOD
- WAPELLA
- INDIANA
- WILLIAMSPORT
- KANSAS
- GARDEN CITY
- SCOTT CITY
- SHARON SPRINGS
IMAGES FROM GENOA
Just east of Limon is the town of Genoa on the old Rock Island line. I happened to catch a unique sight coming home Saturday after Thanksgiving. Three UP AC's lead a pipe unit train on the KYLE tracks!!! I often wondered how much traffic the line sees nowadays and was thrilled to see this.
I was heading west approaching Genoa when I saw lights on the rails up a head. The glare of the sun made it hard to see any details but I could tell the engines were shiny new. As they pulled into view I began to make out the eagle on the front and wondered what I was seeing.
Sure enough, three clean UP engines were leading a pipe train east on the KYLE.
How often does this happen? I was glad to see UP would run on the KYLE and glad to be here to catch a shot of it. This is looking east along I-70 about 1/2 mile east of Genoa.
©2025 Mike Stutz