Photo ID: 108522 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Wood & Metal Jefferson County, CO 958 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local slowly rolls by Colorado Wood & Metal alongside the Rocky Spur. While the West Local does not serve this particular business, the local still passes by on the way to and from the aggregate plant at the north end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108521 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 862 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has completed switching at the aggregate plant at the north end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead and is heading back south toward the mainline at Rocky. What you might first believe are clouds in the background is actually smoke. The Cameron Peak Fire is now over 135,000 acres in size. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107910 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 1156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The Rocky Flats Industrial Lead break away from the Moffat Tunnel Sub at Rocky. It leaves the main and charges up an impressive 8% grade in order to reach the plateau that CO-93 and CO-72 are found on. Here, a pair of geeps backs down the spur with five covered hoppers toward the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107909 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 975 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has come to a stop toward the bottom of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. A brakeman has hopped off the back of the last car and is walking back to throw the switch from the main to the spur. The crew already has authority from the dispatcher to occupy the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107908 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 932 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local is backing up across CO-72 on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. A stoplight protects traffic on the road, rather than a traditional crossing signal. As the train approaches, it trips a circuit turning the stoplight red for traffic. The train also has a stop light that is either green or red, depending on the condition of the stop light for traffic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107907 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 863 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific About a mile away from the mainline at Rocky, the West Local works its way south down the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead. The local picked up these five hoppers from the aggregate plant at the end of the spur. They wyed the train (turned it around) on the wye left behind from the days of Rocky Flats about a half mile to the north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107540 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The aggregate plant that the West Local is heading for, Trinity Lightweight, is just visible on the left side of the frame. The local will drop off seven covered hoppers and will likely pick up a few as well before returning to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107539 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local pushed away from the camera as it passes by a few companies, mainly home and commercial landscaping, as it slowly makes it way to the aggregate company at the far end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107538 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Arvada, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local backs up across the (former) west entrance to Rocky Flats. It is now used as the entrance to a few local companies onsite. If you look closely, you'll notice the (Moffat) mainline at Plain about 1/3 of the way up the mountain in the distance! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107537 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Highway 72 Arvada, CO 1211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A brakeman hangs off the last of seven covered hoppers as the West Local slowly rolls back on the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead. The rails are all but obscured by the summer vegetation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107536 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Highway 72 Arvada, CO 1273 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local slowly backs across Colorado Highway 72, shoving covered hoppers back toward the aggregate plant at the far north end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead. This is the only customer UP still has west of Denver (on the east side of the Continental Divide, anyway). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107535 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Highway 72 Arvada, CO 1091 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific It is not too often that a train rolls over this grade crossing! This stop light is protected the West Local as is backs up across CO-72, about a mile from the mainline at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1717 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slows in preparation for hooking on to a trio of covered hoppers, loaded with aggregate by Texas Industries Inc. Note that the second hopper is of Chicago Northwestern heritage. For several months, the West Local was not running. Apparently, flood waters had caused some damage along the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Texas Industries thought UP should repair the track and UP thought Texas Industries should. Consequently, the local stopped running and, during that time, Texas Industries trucked their aggregate to Loveland and loaded it on BNSF. It appears that the tracks on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead has been repaired (although I have no clue by whom) and this is the third week the local has run since restarting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105459 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 2017 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slowly descends down a fairly steep grade at the north end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. The brakeman is standing by to guide the train as it will pick up hoppers from Texas Industries Inc., an aggregate company. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105458 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing There was a time in the not-too-distance past that you would have found Rio Grande geeps running on the West Local. Those days are gone now, however, as is evident in this picture. Not even UP units are being used on the West Local right now, as a trio of geeps leased from "Helm Leasing" head north on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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