Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
An eastbound UP manifest meets a westbound BNSF manifest at Plain. Sadly, coal traffic on the Moffat has decreased by 80% (yeah, that is not a typo!) since 2005. That translates to an average of only 2 coal trains (one load, one empty) on the Moffat each day now. Ten years ago, there were roughly 14 coal trains each day! At this point, the future of the Moffat is not exactly shining bright...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 14:12:40
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Plain (6,530 ft)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
ES44AC
Primary Unit Number
UP 7866

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings
Symbol
MRONY-26
Train Type
Manifest


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 7D
ISO
200
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
44 mm
Shutter
1/800 seconds
Aperture
f/9