Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
The loaded Valmont coal train sits (tied down) in the siding at Broomfield. The train has cut the grade crossing at Nickel Street, a process that soon will not be necessary once the siding of Broomfield shifts to the north side of Nickel Street. The Valmont train is loaded at Energy Mine (on the Craig Branch). UP brings the train to Denver and then turns it over to BNSF. Often times, the train will run to Valmont with the UP power still on the train! In fact, this is the exact same train that I shot a few days earlier with an unpatched Espee leader. Alas, the Espee unit was removed in Denver.
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Saturday, August 08, 2015 at 13:58:22
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Location Information

City or County and State
Broomfield, CO

Subdivision
Front Range (BNSF)

Milepost or Control Point
Broomfield (8,976ft)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific, BNSF
Model
AC4400CW
Primary Unit Number
UP 6717

Paint Scheme
UP Lightning/Wings
Symbol
Train Type
Coal



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Apple / iPhone 5s
ISO
32
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
4.15 mm
Shutter
1/3200 seconds
Aperture
f/2.2