Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

It is nothing short of amazing that in an era when a computer would have been something of a Sci-Fi novel, surveyors scouted along what is now the grade of the Moffat Tunnel on the edge of the Colorado Rockies and said "sure, we can build a railroad there"! Like tens of thousands of trains before it, the westbound Zephyr passes over fills and through a cut on the approach to Tunnel 3.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Jefferson County, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft)




Train Information
Railroad
Amtrak
Model
P42DC
Unit Number
AMTK 180, AMTK 179

Symbol
AMT5-09
Paint Scheme  



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Hasselblad / Mavic 3 / Mavic 3 Pro [L2D-20c]
ISO
100
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
24 mm
Shutter
1/4000 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8


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