Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
You might recall that for decades, Amtrak did haul mail on long distance trains. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Amtrak tried to help supplement revenue by hauling bulk mail and packages as well. Such things were hauled in box cars painted in Amtrak's Phase 4 scheme. Amtrak stopped the service in October 2004 as it was not actually generating a profit, and was delaying passenger trains due to freight moves at certain stations. The rolling stock was sold, and one such former Amtrak boxcar happened to be on this Provo-Denver today.
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9)




Train Information
Railroad
BNSF
Model
None
Primary Unit Number
HKRX 6840

Paint Scheme
Symbol
HPVODEN1-06A
Train Type
Manifest


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

Focal Length
24 mm
Shutter
1/1600 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8