Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
With mostly cloudy skies, nabbing this westbound coal empty in sunlight proved not to work out! The train is moving through the S-Curve just east of the Blue Mountain road crossing. Most of these units are offline and will be used as mid-train swing helpers for coal trains returning east.
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Friday, September 09, 2016 at 16:39:04
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
SD70ACe
Primary Unit Number
UP 8786

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings
Symbol
Train Type
Coal



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS-1D Mark III
ISO
400
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
310 mm
Shutter
1/400 seconds
Aperture
f/13