Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

Just beyond the base of Coal Creek Canyon, a westbound UP coal empty is climbing the roughly 2% grade up to Tunnel 1. One of the alignments considered by David Moffat for the line was up Coal Creek Canyon, but that was (obviously) not the ultimate alignment chosen.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Coal Creek (MP 23)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
AC4400CW
Unit Number
UP 7286

Symbol
Paint Scheme  




Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
DJI / Mavic 3 [FC4170]
ISO
100
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
166 mm
Shutter
1/240 seconds
Aperture
f/4.4


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