Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
There was a relatively brief period in 2015, when oil prices were much higher, it looked as though oil trains might become a regular staple on the Moffat. Both BNSF and UP seemed to run about one a week. However, when prices dropped and it became less economical to ship by rail, the new trains all but evaporated! BNSF still runs one...occasionally...though they are hard to predict. One happened to be rolling east here at Leyden on Martin Luther King Day.
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Monday, January 15, 2018 at 15:05:26
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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
BNSF
Model
SD70MAC
Primary Unit Number
BNSF 9766

Paint Scheme
BNSF Executive
Symbol
UWGNKCN0-02A
Train Type
Unit Oil


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/8