Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 Nos. 3126 and 3121 switch the aggregates plant at the end of Rocky Spur leaving the main line at Rocky, Colorado, on February 21, 2002. During this era, two or three Rio Gran... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local out of Denver, powered by a trio of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s, descends off Rocky Spur at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of December 27, 2001.

Three Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s powering Union Pacific’s West Local with six cars, drops down the steep grade of Rocky Spur where it meets the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision main line at Rocky, Colorado... (more)

Powered by a pair of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s, Union Pacific’s West Local switches the aggregates plant at the end of Rocky Spur leaving the main line at Rocky, Colorado, on February 21, 2002.

When I first moved to Colorado, one of my favorite photo targets was the twice-a-week West Local than ran out of North Yard. It still featured a vintage pair of Rio Grande GP30s, even though the r... (more)

The West Local powered by Rio Grande GP30 Nos. 3002 and 3006 travels Rocky Spur above an eastbound coal train led by Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 267, that is tied down in Rocky siding, on Feb... (more)

Even after Union Pacific’s merger of Southern Pacific, for several years, locomotives for the West local out of Denver on the Moffat Tunnel route was a pair of Rio Grande GP30s. They ran west on... (more)

Union Pacific’s West local out of Denver climbs Rocky Spur at Rocky, Colorado, on January 18, 2001. Powering the local is a trio of Rio Grande GP40-2s—Nos. 3121, 3100 and 3111. Below is EMD SD... (more)

Powered by a trio of Rio Grande GP40-2s, Union Pacific’s West local approaches Leyden, Colorado, toting one tank car from Chem Spur on September 20, 2001.

It is pretty rare that Union Pacific’s west local out of Denver ventures any further west than Rocky Spur, but on a snowy February 18, 2001, it made a trip upgrade. The three Rio Grande GP40-2s ... (more)

Three Rio Grande GP40-2s on Union Pacific’s West local are heading back to Denver’s North Yard light power and pass a Colorado Operation Lifesaver display at Simms Street grade crossing in Arv... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local, powered by three Rio Grande GP40-2s, waits on the grade of Rocky Spur for a westbound UP coal empty to pass on the main line at Rocky, Colorado, on February 9, 2002. ... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local drops downgrade through Arvada, Colorado, on October 21, 1997. A pair of Rio Grande GP30s, Nos. 3006 and 3003, power the eastbound train. A carman from North Yard ride... (more)

With the main line clear of traffic, Union Pacific’s West Local drops off the grade on Rocky Spur (now known as Rocky Flats Industrial Lead) and enters the main at Rocky, Colorado, on the aftern... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local traverses the Rocky Spur above an eastbound coal train tied down in the siding at Rocky, Colorado, on January 27, 1998. Power for the local is Rio Grande GP30 No. 3003... (more)