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Photo ID: 103567
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan
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Platteville (8,299ft)
Platteville, CO
2132
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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.
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Photo ID: 103568
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan
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La Salle (8,800ft)
La Salle, CO
1838
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Greeley (UP) Union Pacific
A trio of elephant-style AC units lead the northbound North Yard, CO to North Platte, NE manifest. After making a brief stop in La Salle to switch out some cars, the train is now on the roll again.
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Photo ID: 103569
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan
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MP 46
La Salle, CO
1963
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Greeley (UP) Union Pacific
This SW1500 was coming up on its 41st birthday in this picture. It started out as SP 2548 and stayed scarlet and gray until shortly after the UP/SP merge. It moved to UP 1132 on February 18, 1997 and stayed that way until it was retired on February 24, 2009. Here, it is being transported to North Platte, NE. From there, it will move to Fort Worth, TX where it will be turned over to Econo-Rail.
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Photo ID: 103570
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan
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La Salle (8,800ft)
La Salle, CO
1933
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Greeley (UP) Union Pacific
UP keeps several SD60s and SD40-2s in La Salle for use on some of the locals that run during the week. One such local is the Fort Collins local that runs Monday through Friday from La Salle to Fort Collins.
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Photo ID: 103571
Date Shot
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 38
Platteville, CO
2371
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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.
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