Western Railroad Discussion > Sable Siding Will Open Dec. 17th

The Union Pacific mainteance of way crews have been working even on Sundays in late November and into December 2002 to open the rebuilt Sable Siding under I-225 between Peoria Street and Sable Blvd in Aurora, CO. They plan to place the rebuilt and lengthened, hand operated siding into service on or about Dec. 17, 2002. The siding will serve mostly coal trains on the Limon Subdivision (AKA the Kansas Pacific or KP by the locals). This will allow the Denver Service Unit to better handle the Rocky Mountain originated coal trains moving east to the midwest.

Sable Siding was once a rail junction for three US Government installations between 1918(?) until 1965. It connected with a government operated rail line that served Buckley Naval Air Station (later Buckley Air National Guard and now Buckley Air Force Base), Fitzsimons Army Hospital and Lowry Air Force Base. The latter two were closed in the 1990's.