Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

Three mid-train swing helpers, including a Tier-4 SD70ACe-T4, are roughly 105 cars deep in a 209 car coal empty that is making its way west to Grand Junction. The train is basically two coal trains combined, and they will split in Grand Junction, running to the mine at West Elk individually.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2)



Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific 		Model
SD70ACe-T4 		Primary Unit Number
UP 3088

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings 		Symbol
CDGWE-19 		Train Type
Unit Coal

Additional Unit Number(s)
UP 8409, UP 8003 		   


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Hasselblad / Mavic 3 / Mavic 3 Pro [L2D-20c] 		ISO
300
Flash
Did Not Fire

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

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