Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
After a major dropoff in coal loadings in western Colorado, there has been a bit of a rebound in the summer of 2017. While coal traffic is nothing like it was ten years earlier, coal trains are showing up several a week. During the winter prior, coal traffic was down to as few as one train every 1-2 weeks!
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
CP DS012 (East Leyden)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
ES44AC
Primary Unit Number
UP 5440

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



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS-1D Mark III
ISO
250
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
84 mm
Shutter
1/400 seconds
Aperture
f/6.3