Photo ID: 104004 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 1, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 34 (Platteville) Platteville, CO 2227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A southbound manifest from Green River, WY holds the main at Platteville. It is waiting for the arrival of a northbound (that will run through the siding) before continuing south to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103848 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 20, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Ione, CO 2047 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific On this Saturday afternoon, the Greeley Sub dispatcher was fleeting three southbounds down the line. The first was a manifest, the second was a mixed auto/manifest and the third was this coal empty. The sunflowers are in bloom about three miles south of Platteville! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103783 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 33 Platteville, CO 3257 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Just south of MP 33, we find UP 1989 as the sole power (on the point, anyway) on the North Platte to North Yard manifest. Perhaps, in an alternate universe, there are hundreds of units painted like this running around on the rails... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103725 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 30, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 39 Gilcrest, CO 2082 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just a few hundred feet away from the edge of a huge cloud (and, therefore, shadow!), the light is still spectacular for this southbound coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103571 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 38 Platteville, CO 2498 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A few miles north of "downtown" Plateville, this local based out of La Salle has finished its switching for the day and is headed back north. Both GP40-2s on the train are ex-Rio Grande geeps. Prior to being patched, UP 1359 (on the point) was DRGW 3118. The second unit, UP 1348, was DRGW 3126. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103567 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 2196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific There are several locals that are based in La Salle, CO and run at various times during the day. Here is one such local being led by two former Rio Grande GP40-2s. The train is picking up speed as it runs down the main at Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103512 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Platteville, CO 2537 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Hands down this is my favorite shot from the entire day of shooting. It is almost 7:30pm and the sun is getting low in the western sky. The ZLADV is running on clear signals as it passes a wonderfully golden field just north of Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103303 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 20, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 34 (CP W034) Platteville, CO 1815 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific has been slowly replacing the signals along the Greeley Sub. The signal at south Platteville has yet to be replaced. While the signal hasn't been replaced, the codeline has. Not the ATCS radio tower seemingly coming up out of the middle of the lead unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103302 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 20, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 34 (CP W034) Platteville, CO 2242 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific US-85 parallels the Greeley Sub for most of the trip from Hazeltine to Nunn. Here, cars heading north on the highway are likely indifferent to the MNPNY-20, which is approaching the south switch of Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103301 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 20, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 38 Gilcrest, CO 1858 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The daily North Platte to North Yard manifest enters a super elevated curve just south of Gilcrest on its way toward Denver. The train is being led by a pair of GE AC's, the first of which was an AC6000CW until it was converted from 6,000 HP to 4,400 HP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103185 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 1798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A rather lengthy Denver to Green River (WY) manifest starts to pull out of UP's 36th Street Yard, ready for its journey north on the Greeley Sub. The train is just approaching York Street over the left shoulder of the photographer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103038 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 2052 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak On the last few miles of its "reroute" journey, the eastbound California Zephyr comes down the outbound track off the Greeley Sub at York Street. The train has spent half the summer months running from Denver to Salt Lake (and vice versa) via Wyoming due to maintenance on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103024 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 2158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific At York Street, UP 844 has the equipment from Cheyenne Frontier Days rolling north out of town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103010 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Platteville, CO 1782 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just south of Platteville, UP's daily MNPNY (North Platte, NE to North Yard, CO) manifest is rolling on green signals. It is hustling to get to town ahead of the Frontier Days Steam Train special. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Platteville, CO 1779 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just north of Platteville, this northbound MNYNP makes its way around one of the better curves on UP's Greeley Sub. If you look closely, you'll note that UP's Espee Heritage Unit is second out in the consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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