Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

This shot really demonstrates the diverging of alignments from the original Denver and Salt Lake and the Dotsero Cutoff. The original mainline that David Moffat used in an attempt to reach Salt Lake City has the Phippsburg Local sitting on it in the foreground. The Dotsero Cutoff, built about 30 years later, is in the distance with the coal empty. David Moffat's original mainline never made it west of Craig, CO, and the line is now the most underused stretch of CTC mainline in the country. This Phippsburg Local is about the only train that runs on the branch, only making a few trips each week.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Bond, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
AC4400CW
Unit Number
UP 6038, UP 6543

Symbol
Paint Scheme  




Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Hasselblad / Mavic 3 / Mavic 3 Pro [L2D-20c]
ISO
120
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
24 mm
Shutter
1/2500 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8


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