Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
One of the most colorful trains I think I've seen. This is a work train...more specifically, a ballast train. The cars are owned by Herzog and UP used them to dump ballast on portions of the Rio Grande. Despite the fall off in traffic, UP seems to be keeping up maintenance! You may notice the solar panels on the cars. Those are used to power the doors that open in order to dump the ballast.
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Friday, June 10, 2016 at 08:55:51
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Simms Street




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
ES44AH
Primary Unit Number
UP 2657

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings
Symbol
WGRCYZ-08
Train Type
Work Train


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS-1D Mark III
ISO
200
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
400 mm
Shutter
1/500 seconds
Aperture
f/9