Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
An eastbound ballast train, which had been at East Portal providing ballast for work done inside the Moffat Tunnel, rolls east toward Leyden. The train was the longest ballast train I'd ever seen, measuring in at right around 3,500 feet long. That certainly explains the six units used as power on the train.
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Chemical (MP 14.5)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
ES44AC
Primary Unit Number
UP 7951

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings
Symbol
WEPNYB-13
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
1/400 seconds
Aperture
f/11