Photo ID: 102214 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Arvada, CO 2015 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Approaching the grade crossing at what used to be the west entrance to Rocky Flats, the Rocky Local is moving along at a cautious 10 MPH. A few of the hoppers that were to be dropped off at TXI Aggregate could not fit on the inbound track. Those hoppers will be spotted on the tail leg of the wye near the old Rocky Flat. They will be delivered to TXI at a later date. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102212 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Arvada, CO 2060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Backing down the Rocky Spur toward TXI Aggregate (at the end of the line), the Rocky Local passes by "Old Time Lumber", a company located right off Highway 93. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102175 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 1844 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Even as common as patched Espee AC4400CWs are these days, it is still pretty uncommon to catch two of them together in a consist! Such was the case on this Sunday morning though, as UP 6406 (ex-SP 360) leads a coal load east out of Leyden after meeting three westbounds. Interestingly, the train is actually headed for the power plant in Cañon City on the eastern end of Tennessee Pass! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102168 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 2251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The "powers that be" do a very good job of keeping either former Rio Grande or former Espee power on the Rocky Local. On this day, the local had a trio of fly letter (former) Espee GP40M-2s. These units have been on the local for a few weeks now. The train is about five miles away from North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102167 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 2006 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Not too often these days that you find a mainline train where the power has spartan cabs across the board! That was exactly the case here though as the eastbound Rocky Local makes its way through the cut between Carr Street and 68th Ave in Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102106 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Arvada, CO 2139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific This former GP40M-2 has suffered from yellow-door replacement! However, somebody has taken the time to remove the UP Shield from the nose and repaint "SP" on the scarlet red instead. UP 1510 is leading the Rocky Local as it shoves 30 cars back across CO-72 on the spur. Note the brakeman on the last car, hanging on for the trip back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102105 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Arvada, CO 2078 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific A trio of (patched) Espee GP40M-2s with fly letters have conquered the 8% grade away from the mainline along the Rocky Spur. The units are crossing CO-93 (which connects Boulder and Golden) as they head toward the former site of Rocky Flats. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102103 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 1891 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific For five minutes before this train showed up, Blue Mountain was drenched in afternoon light. A fluffy white cloud moved in just as the train was leaving Clay! Oh well, nice to get a shot of one of the 15 remaining unpatched Espee AC4400CW's (as of this shot) in the consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102096 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Junction (DS903) Denver, CO 2419 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Southern Pacific In this day and age (being the time this picture was taken), unpatched Espee units are becoming harder and harder to find. Of the 279 AC4400CWs that Espee had, only 15 were left unpatched as of this photo! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102038 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 4, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Denver, CO 1834 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific This is something of a back-lit shot, but I decided to post it anyway. The reason being that this unit was in the consist of the MDVSI-04, getting ready to head east out of town. I have a strong suspicion that this unit might be headed for North Little Rock for a fresh coat of Armour Yellow paint! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101797 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2016 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The sole DPU unit on the back end of this westbound coal empty sits in the morning cold. It is clear, but it is only 20 degrees outside. The icicles hanging down from the anti-climber are starting to melt away! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101586 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 22, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Pinecliff, CO 2451 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific From high above the tracks (east of Cliff), we look down on one of the very few remaining unpatched Espee AC4400CW's, SP 144. The unit was the second unit on the head end of an eastbound coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101581 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1763 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific At the time of the photo, there were less than two dozen unpatched Espee AC4400CW's left, most being the 100-199 number range. This number range is not equipped with DPU capabilities, and thus has had a lower patching priority. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101516 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 13, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 20th Street Denver, CO 2024 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific UP's South Local sits patiently waiting on UP's Main track leading from Prospect Junction to 20th Street. The local is staring down a red signal (where ownership of the track also switches from UP to BNSF) as the Brush Sub dispatcher has already cleared a BNSF manifest to come out of 31st Street and head south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101490 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2289 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Don't you just hate it when your scanner breaks up at just the wrong times? I had heard the dispatcher contact this eastbound coal load and address them as "__P ___314 east" ... now, I didn't realize I had missed the leading six, and thought it might be SP 314! Alas, not that lucky on this particular day. The train is moving on an Advanced Approach signal, prepared to enter the siding at Leyden to meet four westbounds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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