Western Railroad Discussion > This morning on the DP

Upon returning home from my over night in Denver attending band night at my favorite German restaurant I always head back to Cheyenne via US 85 to check out the UP's Denver line. As I started north at 104th street the auto empties were staged in the siding at Rolla awaiting power and a crew to head north. Then up at LaSalle one of the locals was sitting in the siding facing south with the headlights on and the Dent branch had a train of short covered hoppers parked on it. At Greeley there was a southbound in the north end of the siding and at the Gill Junction spur was the maintenance ballast cleaner equipment. At Eaton I saw the southbound coming which was a coal load. At Ault was a south bound loaded rail train and at Nunn was the northbound morning stack/manifest train with the main street crossing cut so I suspect the train was tied up there as I saw no crew around.
Not a bad morning on the ole Denver Pacific.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

One of my favorite stretches of the UP is the DP. Thanks for your interesting report, Bob.
--Kelly

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> Eaton I saw the southbound coming which was a coal
> load. 

Was that a train from Utah or Western Colorado that went over the transcon. or what??

Rob

SilvertonRR100 Wrote:
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> Bob3985 Wrote:
> ---------------------------. At
> > Eaton I saw the southbound coming which was a
> coal
> > load. 
>
> Was that a train from Utah or Western Colorado
> that went over the transcon. or what??
>
> Rob
Probably came from Powder River.

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Rob,
I agree with the others in that I believe it comes out of Powder River and destined for a plant in Texas.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY