Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

When I was a kid, I remember seeing "Rail Box" boxcars and "Rail Gon" gondolas. Rail Box boxcars are pretty rare in 2025, but you can definitely still find Rail Gon gondolas. One such example is one of 41 gondolas that have been tied down in the siding at Leyden for the past six months.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Leyden (7,020ft)



Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific 		Model
None 		Primary Unit Number
GNTX 297058

Paint Scheme
Symbol
LDB17-03 		Train Type
Local


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
DJI / Mavic 3 Pro [FC4382] 		ISO
100
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
70 mm 		Shutter
1/120 seconds 		Aperture
f/2.8

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