Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

Two ES44C4s lead BNSF's QTACDEN around the fill in Westminster. This is near the location of the derailment of the Longmont Local 10 months earlier when the train struck a deliberately-placed tree stump. The QTACDEN consists of unit auto racks on the first half of the train and double stack (COFC) cars on the second half of the train.
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Posted By Webmaster On Thursday, April 30, 2009 At 9:54:53 AM (PT)

Yeah, the curve is definitely super-elevated! Track speed through here is 49 MPH and many trains can do at least 35-45.

Posted By D.A. Slater On Thursday, April 30, 2009 At 9:07:50 AM (PT)

There looks like one heck of a "tilt" on that curve, well either that or my "prairie" eyes are being deceived...
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Location Information
City or County and State
Westminster, CO

Subdivision
Front Range (BNSF)

Milepost or Control Point
MP 11



Train Information
Railroad
BNSF 		Model
ES44C4 		Unit Number
BNSF 6610

Symbol
QTACDEN1-25A 		Paint Scheme
 


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 40D 		ISO
320
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
105 mm 		Shutter
1/320 seconds 		Aperture
f/6.3

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