This UP Local is tied down on a siding south of the UP yard at La Salle, CO. The crew went DOL the night before and could not make it back to the yard and secure their train as usual.
After just being refueled by a mobile truck at the UP Yard in La Salle, CO, GMTX 2120 and UP 1350 wait for a new crew to take this Local south on a switch job at various industries along the way.
Whoever said that railroading isn't as manpower intensive as it used to be has apparently never been to a derailment scene. What appears to be a CN employee is cutting the mangled rail from under ... (more)