Photo By: Kevin Morgan

The crew on this westbound oil empty is prepping for 12 to 15 minutes of darkness as the train will pass beneath the Continental Divide in the 6.2 mile long tunnel. There is actually a lot of infrastructure here at East Portal, built to ventilate the tunnel from exhaust between trains. The tunnel itself (within the mountain) starts several hundred feet back. On a side note, you can see water spilling out of the Moffat Water Tunnel, transported to the east slope from the Winter Park area.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Gilpin County, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Moffat Tunnel (MP 50.2, 6.2 miles)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
ES44AC
Unit Number
UP 7939

Symbol
OSJXP-18
Paint Scheme  



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Hasselblad / Mavic 3 / Mavic 3 Pro [L2D-20c]
ISO
160
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
24 mm
Shutter
1/1000 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8


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