Photo ID: 111217 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) La Salle, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After getting a shot of the Big Boy steam train at Sand Creek Junction, I skipped ahead all the way to just north of La Salle. The Big Boy always attracts quite a crowd and I did not want to get stuck in traffic on US-85! Here, the train is crossing over the South Platte River amidst some very nice fall colors on a pleasant Wednesday afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110393 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W045 (South La Salle) La Salle, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 8205 and train have a clear (green) signal on the main at the south switch of La Salle. You may note that there is a derail set on the siding here. That is due to a local that is currently in the siding and switching out cars at the yard in La Salle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109608 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A southbound local led by an SD70M is being overtaken by a southbound manifest led by an C44AC-CTE at La Salle. The side-by-side of the EMD and GE units makes for a pretty good comparison. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109607 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP has a small yard in La Salle, CO. Several locals originate and terminate here in La Salle, UP 4528 being one such local. The train is stopped on the siding as a southbound manifest approaches alongside the train from the north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109598 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) La Salle, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific In between La Salle and Greeley, a southbound military train crosses over the South Platte river parallel to US-85. Back in June, when runoff and early summer rain was at record levels, the South Platte completely covered all the sand you see in this shot. Now, getting in to fall, and the river has receded. But it is still higher than it normally would be this time of year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109582 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) La Salle, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific On a beautiful, crystal clear October morning, UP 9006 leads a manifest north across the South Platte river between La Salle and Greeley on the Greeley Sub. The rail bridge parallels US-85, whose supports are just visible in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109581 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific This northbound manifest has come to stop on the main at La Salle. I did not hear any conversations on the scanner, so I am not sure sure the stop was made. It only last about 10 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109537 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A trio of SD70Ms leads a manifest that has been built in the new yard at La Salle on the Monfort Industrial Lead. UP built this new extension of the yard at La Salle (to the northeast of the existing yard) in 2019. This particular train is waiting for a crew to take it south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109536 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 236 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific In the roughly 25 years of taking train pictures, I have managed to shoot 150 (as of the date of this photo) of the over 1,400 SD70Ms that UP has on the roster. SD70Ms actually are not all that common in Colorado, with AC traction motor units being fall more common. Anyway, a Phase II SD70M, UP 3836, sits along in the north end of the yard in La Salle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109349 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River La Salle, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific Throughout much of the year, the South Platte River seems to be down at almost a trickle. However, after a winter with a lot of snow fall and a ton of rain this spring, the South Platte have flowed a bit over its banks! A southbound UP manifest has a Kansas City Southern "Retro-Belle" SD70ACe on the point as the train crosses the river. Although this is a manifest in UP's system, there are several dozen double stacks at the front of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109006 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W047 (North La Salle) La Salle, CO 265 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Roster shot of SD70ACe-T4, UP 3087. I try to get a few shots of these units whenever I see them as they are relatively rare. Out of UP's roster of over 8,000 locomotives, they only have 87 of these EMD Tier 4 units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108462 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 882 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak This scene has something of an other worldly feel to it as a rerouted California Zephyr comes to a stop at the south end of La Salle in the siding. What you see in the sky obscuring a very red sun are not clouds, but rather smoke from one of three major wildfires currently burning in Colorado. This fire is the Cameron Peak fire which, as of this photos, has burned nearly 6,000 acres. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108448 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of La Salle La Salle, CO 807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak If you are familiar with the California Zephyr and Colorado, that still may not help you in trying to determine the location of this shot! The Zephyr is just north of La Salle on UP's Greeley Sub. The train is detouring through Wyoming due to the closure of UP's Glenwood Springs Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107651 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 1435 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It has been a stormy afternoon and the Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train depart La Salle south under mostly cloudy skies, a bit a smoke from the stack drifting off. The train is accelerating up toward a track speed of 60 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107650 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 1438 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 844 is entering a stretch of track where the top speed is 60 MPH, so the throttle is opened up, unleashing a bunch of smoke from the stack. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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