Western Railroad Discussion > EMD Demo's head into Denver

This morning EMDX 1601 and 1602 led an Eastbound loaded coal train into Denver down the Moffat Tunnel line. The train made record time traveling between Grand Jct. and Denver and I barely beat it to Rocky siding due to having to fight through Denver's rush hour traffic:{
Thanks for the tip "wesleygreer":}

1) Heading over the East switch at Rocky, the pair of Demo's are in light dynamic braking holding back 105 coal cars that are destined for Paducah, KY.
The cars in the upper right background are the wind break protection on the "Big Ten" curve.

2) The pair of EMD SD70AH's.

3) Unfortunately the Sun angle was pretty nosey at the big fill just West of Leyden but the train was lined into the siding and so far has been parked at Leyden for over 2 hours!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/17 10:30 by SP8595.

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has anybody heard from an actual hoghead that has run these motors yet as to what they think of them??

66

Great catch-! Wind break -not brake...update when you find the time.

Appreciate the phone call this morning...still at out patient clinic for wife's cataract operation.


SP8595 Wrote:
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> This morning EMDX 1601 and 1602 led an Eastbound
> loaded coal train into Denver down the Moffat
> Tunnel line. The train made record time traveling
> between Grand Jct. and Denver and I barely beat it
> to Rocky siding due to having to fight through
> Denver's rush hour traffic:{
> Thanks for the tip "wesleygreer":}
>


> The cars in the upper right background are the
> wind brake protection on the "Big Ten" curve.

First shot is calendar material.

Great catches. Nice. Thanks for sharing. Agree about calendar material.

Great catches! Thanks for sharing. I caught the 1607 & 1608 demos on the Joint Line a few weeks ago. Does anyone know how many of these demos are out there?

Todd Skaggs
Dodge City, KS

Stunning photos. Nice to have the Moffat play nice for a change.

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James Belmont
Salt Lake City, UT

That shot at Rocky is Awesome!

Beautiful shots! Thanks for headsups, was not in the cards for me today. === === = === JLH

SPgoletablock Wrote:
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> That shot at Rocky is Awesome!

AGREED..!!

Great pics!

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

VERY well done, that location for 1 and 2 was perfect! And bah-humbug on the traffic - it took me 2 hours to get home today!
~wko - that's an average of 35 mph, not bad for 58 miles of 75 mph interstate driving

Excellent catch, along with great angles. Good job!

Beautiful.
John

You nailed it good. Great shots!

Will this train be heading E on the KP?

Very Great Photos!

SouthWest RailCams
CA, NM, CO, TX, AZ
https://SouthWestRailCams.com

Excellent power, nice to see those hoppers on a coal train to Paducah, and awesome scenery! Well done!
mg8711

Nice catch, great locations!
GK

Thanks for sharing a really nice looking trio. Nice color in all three, but the last is the best IMO.

Kent in CArmel Valley