Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
It's been good to see coal traffic (and, as a result, all traffic) pick up just a bit on the Moffat lately. Earlier this week, there were two empties that departed within 20 minutes of each other. The night before this shot, there was a load that came east. Now, on this day, another empty is headed for the Colorado high country! Note the oscillating ditch lights on this lead AC4400CW. This unit was delivered in June 1995 as SP 249. Alas, it didn't even keep that number for five years as it went to UP 6527 on September 14, 1999. A very short time later, on February 28, 2000, it then changed again to UP 6422.
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Friday, January 19, 2018 at 11:24:07
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
East of Leyden




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
AC4400CW
Primary Unit Number
UP 6422

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

Primary Unit Past Number(s)
ex-SP 249



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

Focal Length
300 mm
Shutter
1/400 seconds
Aperture
f/10