UP 1526 departs the yard to switch some local industries.

UP 1526 heading to Diamond Plastics.

UP 1526 with a single center beam of lumber for Spelts-Schultz Truss Manufacturing.

Sunrise catches UP 1526 (ex St Louis Southwestern - Cotton Belt GP40M-2) teamed up with a GATX smurf and UP 1345 (ex Denver & Rio Grande Western GP40-2) as they wait for an assignment.

UP 1526 waits in La Salle yard for its assignment.

Union Pacific’s West Local switches Rocky Spur on July 8, 2012. Three UP GP40-2s (two rebuilt from Southern Pacific GP40s, while one is a former Cotton Belt locomotive) switches Western Aggregat... (more)

Union Pacific’s west local is eastbound at mile 14.5 west of Leyden, Colorado, on July 8, 2012. The Front Range of the Rockies is in the background, and is cloaked in ominous looking clouds.

Union Pacific’s West Local returns to Denver heading downgrade at mile 14.5 west of Leyden, Colorado, on July 8, 2012. Three rebuilt GP40-2s (two rebuilt from Southern Pacific GP40s, while one i... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local switches Rocky Spur on July 8, 2012. Three clean Union Pacific GP40-2s (two rebuilt from Southern Pacific GP40s, while one is a former Cotton Belt locomotive) switches... (more)

With their delivery of the Vestas Wind Tower train complete, the power consisting of an ex-Cotton Belt GP40-2 and two rebui... (more)

As it zigzags around the current UP locomotive servicing terminal and what’s left of the roundhouse and turntable from the Rio Grande steam days, a unit tower train from the Vestas Wind Tower pl... (more)

The daily UP Pueblo local comes back to the yard with a unit wind turbine train from the nearby Vestas plant which it will tie down... (more)

Seen are a pair of older power that have seen service from both the SSW, SP, and UP through out the years. Currently these units are being used on various UP Locals that originate at La Salle, CO.

Representing Cotton Belt, Rio Grande, and Union Pacific, this lashup waits for a train.