Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
I really like the shot looking down toward the west end of Leyden. In the distance, you can see the hoppers that are welded to the rails on the side of Big Ten Curve. Interestingly, I just shot UP 5895 (the trailing unit) three days earlier on the point of an eastbound coal load!

This train came from Kinder Morgan in Houston, TX and is headed for the loadout at Energy. Somebody is going to have a little hostling of power to do in Phippsburg. Energy Mine does not have a balloon track, so the power on the tail end when the train arrives becomes the lead power when the train departs!
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Leyden (7,020ft)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
C44AC-CTE
Primary Unit Number
UP 5895

Paint Scheme
Symbol
CKHEY9-25
Train Type
Coal


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 7D
ISO
400
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
250 mm
Shutter
1/500 seconds
Aperture
f/6.3