Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
An eastbound coal load, which just came off the Craig Branch, sits in the siding at Yarmony to wait for UP's Manager Special. The conductor from the coal train gives a friendly wave to the engineer on the special. Notice anything unusual about the power on the coal train? You may have noticed that the second unit is an SD70M. It is exceptionally rare to find a unit with DC-traction motors on coal trains these days. There is some speculation that, with the closing of Burnham, UP has to grab whatever power they can find when a units with AC-traction fails.
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Location Information

City or County and State
Eagle County, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
CP DS123 (East Yarmony)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
ET44AH
Primary Unit Number
UP 2696

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings
Symbol
PNYGJ-13
Train Type
Special


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 7D
ISO
320
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
18 mm
Shutter
1/400 seconds
Aperture
f/8