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Friday, December 8, 2017
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS016 (East Rocky)
Arvada, CO
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1099 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Remember the horsepower race at the end of the 1990s? Railroads wanted more horsepower and EMD produced its SD90MAC and GE produced its AC6000CW, each with 6000 HP. But neither were quite ready for primetime, so EMD made over 300 SD9043MACs and GE made its AC6044CWs. They had 4400 HP, but were designed to have the prime mover swapped out for the 6000 HP counterparts when ready. The only problem was they never really were ready! Here, an AC6044CW heads east at Rocky, clearly defined by its large radiator blister at the back end.
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Friday, December 1, 2017
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS016 (East Rocky)
Arvada, CO
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1230 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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BNSF
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It is an absolutely beautiful Colorado morning, particularly considering it is the start of December! With temperatures around 55°F, this Provo-Denver manifest leaves Rocky on a clear signal. C44-9Ws used to rule BNSF manifest on the Moffat. However, they are already starting to become outdated as more and more "Evolution Series" units are showing up! Nice to catch a Dash-9 on the point on this morning.
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Friday, December 1, 2017
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS016 (East Rocky)
Arvada, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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BNSF
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Not much of a mystery where this shot was taken! In the late 1990s, after the UP/SP merger, UP assigned unique IDs to every control point on the former Rio Grande (and all of Espee). While most of the Grande trackage got an "RG" prefix (for Rio Grande), the tracks between Denver and Range got the "DS" prefix (for Denver & Salt Lake). The reason being because Tennessee Pass got the "RG" prefix, and milepost number on Tennessee Pass and the Moffat are duplicated. So the prefix was changed to avoid confusion.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS016 (East Rocky)
Arvada, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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CSX, Union Pacific
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Of the four "big" US Class 1 railroads (UP, BNSF, CSX, and NS), CSX is probably the railroad I have the fewest pictures of. In general, Norfolk Southern units seems to find their way more frequently than CSX (and typically on BNSF). However, that is slowly changing as this coal train has appeared on the Moffat three times since September. Each time with CSX units for power. Hopefully, that trend will continue!
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