Photo ID: 112203 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) La Salle, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 7609 and two additional units leads a very long MNYGR on the main at Platteville. The 9600-foot train is well-blocked, with stretches of like cars that are probably headed to the same customer, or at least the same city. The train is slow rolling as it just passed an Approach (yellow) signal. It is meeting a southbound that has not yet cleared the north switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112202 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton (MP 25.8) La Salle, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 7609 crosses County Road 14½ on the way north on the Greeley Sub. This train is UP's daily North Yard to Green River, WY manifest, and is quite massive today. The train was broken across three tracks in North Yard due to its length. The train has 166 cars, totaling 9,618 feet in length! Pretty impressive, particularly when considering there are only three units! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112201 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) La Salle, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A couple years ago, UP's Greeley Sub was the busiest single track mainline in the country! I am not sure if it still holds that title today in 2025. Regardless, it is still a very busy mainline. Not only due to through trains, but there are dozens of customers that are active along the line, taking and making shipments by rail. UP 9795 is taking the siding here at Platteville as two northbounds, one through and one local, are both out of Brighton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112200 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) La Salle, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific At Platteville, the MGRNY takes the siding for a meet with two northbounds. The first will be this trains counterpart, the MNYGR which departed from North Yard in Denver about 90 minutes earlier. UP 9795's train is 5500 feet long, which will easily fit in the siding. However, the train will hang out the north end of the siding for a little while so it can avoid blocking County Road 32, one of the main roads in town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112199 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W045 (South La Salle) La Salle, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific No stops in La Salle on this Sunday for UP's Green River, WY to North Yard manifest. La Salle has a yard, and is the base of operations for several locals that serve customers along the Greeley Sub. Some manifests will stop here to pick up or drop off cars, but such is not the case for UP 9795 today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112198 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W045 (South La Salle) La Salle, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific As UP 9795 heads south out of La Salle, take note of the siding as it bows out and away from the mainline before converging with the main at the switch. This is very common with many sidings and is done to provide a better angle for the siding as it joins the main at the switch. This can allow trains to proceed through the switch at a slightly higher speed than they would otherwise be allowed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112197 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) La Salle, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just south of the bridge that crosses the South Platte River, UP 9795 crosses over Latham Ditch. This is an irrigation ditch that actually branches off from the South Platte just a few thousand feet west of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112196 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) La Salle, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's Green River, WY to North Yard manifest (MGRNY) crosses over a very low South Platte River just north of La Salle. Hopefully, with temperatures increasing, the spring runoff will start soon and the river will get filled up a bit more. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112052 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River to Sphinx Green River, UT 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak In the setting sunlight, the westbound Zephyr kicks up a bunch of exhaust as it accelerates to get up to track speed. The exhaust blows across the code line...no longer used, but not yet taken down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112028 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG459 (East Fruita) Fruita, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer has slowed to about 20 MPH as it enters the siding at Fruita. There is a BNSF oil train tied down on the main track, necessitating all trains coming through to run through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111226 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W098 (Speer Junction) Laramie County, WY 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just south of Speer Junction and just west of the I-25 overpass, UP's Heartland Tour special rolls north near the north end of the Greeley Subdivision. Just a few miles remain on this two month tour that covered ten states and hit cites such as Omaha, Chicago, Little Rock, Houston, Fort Worth, Kansas City, and Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111225 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terry Ranch Road (MP 96.5) Laramie County, CO 222 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific One of the challenges when chasing a northbound train is the lighting. More often than not, the train is going to be backlit. However, just west of Terry Ranch Road, the tracks are heading northwest, offering some nice afternoon light on the side of UP 4014 and train as they near the end of the Greeley Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111224 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terry Ranch Road (MP 96.5) Laramie County, WY 228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific One of the more popular spots for a shot of UP 4014 between Denver and Cheyenne is at the Terry Ranch Road overpass, just a few miles into Wyoming north of the Colorado border. This is near the very northern end of the Greeley Subdivision. Several dozen folks are gathered here at the overpass for a view of the northbound steam special. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111223 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After completing its 30 minute stop in Greeley, UP 4014 and train are now pulling north, continuing to Cheyenne. Due to the incredible number of people gathered, the train is moving along at walking speed. Indeed, two mechanics are walking ahead of the train on either side of the tracks, making sure everyone is in the clear. Once they are clear of the grade crossings in Greeley, the mechanics will board, and the train will pick up speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111222 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific During the mechanical stop here in Greeley, one of the things the crew did was swap out the Colorado flag for a Wyoming flag on the front of the Big Boy. True, we are still in Colorado. But the next time the train comes to a stop will be in Cheyenne, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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