Throughout much of the year, the South Platte River seems to be down at almost a trickle. However, after a winter with a lot of snow fall and a top of rain this spring, the South Platte have flowe... (more)

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special pauses at La Salle, Colorado, on April 27, 2006. The train will make several trips on the railroad’s Greeley Subdivision and is powered by a pair of E... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 Nos. 3109 and 3105 switch cars at Union Pacific’s yard at La Salle, Colorado, on July 6, 2005. After UP’s merger of Southern Pacific and Rio Grande, the merged railroadâ... (more)

An Operation Lifesaver Special on Union Pacific sits at La Salle, Colorado, on April 27, 2006. The train will make several trips on the Greeley Subdivision and is powered by a pair of EMD SD70Ms, ... (more)

Union Pacific’s local out of La Salle meets an Operation Lifesaver Special at La Salle, Colorado, on April 27, 2006. The local is led by former Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 No. 3126, now patched and re... (more)

UP 844 crosses the South Platte River bridge just south of Greeley, CO leading the 2017 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train.

Union Pacific 844 heads south bring rodeo fans from the frontier days back to Denver, CO

The sun has gone down for the day as Union Pacific ET44AH No. 2627 leads the Rolla, Colorado to Canadian Pacific empty vehicle train north along US-85 as the train comes into La Salle, Colorado on... (more)

Dodging raindrops along the UP Greeley Sub., 844 has the Frontier Day Special, UP Train PDVDV1 23 rolling south for Denver past a field being mowed by a skid steer.

Locomotives: UP 844, UP 1... (more)

Running through a slow order, UP Train PDVDV1 23 lopes past the yard at La Salle with the Denver Post Special bound for the Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Locomotives: UP 844, UP 1989

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On the morning of January 11, 2017, Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5328 is in charge of the Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming manifest as it notches up after getting a signal at the south end of La ... (more)

An Operation Lifesaver/Union Pacific sign reminds motorists to always expect a train at a grade crossing as LDI02 "Local 2" led by ES44AC No. 7933 shoves their train into the siding at L... (more)

With Ed Dickens at the throttle, 844 accelerates out of La Salle for the service stop just a few miles up the track at Greeley on the northbound run of the Frontier Days' special.

The first of a series of showers and thunderstorms develop over the Front Range as they move north along the I-25 corridor. Seen here Union Pacific GP40-2 No. 1342 leads another GP40-2 on LDI07 25... (more)

Union Pacific's "Rio Grande" heritage unit No. 1989 and a standard UP ACe shove their 105 car train into the old yard on the Julesburg branch at La Salle, Colorado on January 05, 2016.