Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

When the mainline through the Rockies is closed to train due to work windows, about the only thing you can hope to see west of Denver is the West Local (formerly the Rocky Local). The train used to run on Tuesday's and Thursday's, but thanks to the downturn in the economy, it now only regularly runs on Wednesday's (although it will run on Saturday's as an extra if business demands it). Here, the local is approaching Simms Street with two GP40-2s and nine covered hoppers from the Rocky Spur.
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Posted By Steve Walden On Saturday, October 30, 2010 At 2:34:56 AM (PT)

I guess someone re-applied the UP shield after the SP was covered up by yellow. I kind of thought the unit had character.

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Location Information
City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Simms Street




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
GP40-2
Unit Number
UP 1510

Symbol
LDB17-27
Paint Scheme  

Past Number(s)
ex-SP 7132



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 40D
ISO
200
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
28 mm
Shutter
1/640 seconds
Aperture
f/9


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