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Friday, February 5, 2016
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Kevin Morgan
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Chemical (MP 14.5)
Arvada, CO
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1335 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Not sure if it is the result of Burnham (which has been primarily a GE shop for the last 15 years) closing or if there are other reasons, but there have been far more EMDs on the Moffat on UP trains lately. Case-in-point is this MNYRO which has a solid consist of five EMDs. Granted, only three of them are online. the last two are DIC (Dead In Consist) and are headed for storage in Grand Junction.
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Friday, February 5, 2016
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Kevin Morgan
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Chemical (MP 14.5)
Arvada, CO
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1384 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Roughly 18 months prior to this picture, when there was a major upturn in the railroad economy, UP brought a lot of SD60Ms out of storage and activated them to help move the tonnage. Funny how quickly things change. At this point, railroads are experiencing a significant decline in traffic and all those SD60Ms have gone right back into storage. This particular SD60M is on its way from Burnham to Grand Junction.
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Friday, February 5, 2016
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Kevin Morgan
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Chemical (MP 14.5)
Arvada, CO
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1434 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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You may notice some evidence that this SD60M has been hanging around in storage in an urban area for awhile! It has been stored at Burnham for quite some time and "taggers" have taken advantage. With Burnham closing nine days after this picture was taken, this is one of the last units being moved from Burnham to Grand Junction for storage. Hopefully the more rural location will decrease the likelihood of additional tagging.
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