Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
One things that is not always immediately obvious when seeing shots of the nose of the GP40-3s on the Canyon spirit is that the shield/logo on the nose is not actually on the nose! It is a physical shield mounted ahead of the hand rails, above the anti-climber. You can clearly see it in this shot. The nose itself is just blue. Here, the Canyon Spirit is just east of Tunnel 1, descended toward the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
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Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 16:18:04
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0)




Train Information
Railroad
Rocky Mountaineer
Model
GP40-3
Primary Unit Number
RMRX 8021

Paint Scheme
Canyon Spirit (Rocky Moutaineer)
Symbol
PGSDV-19
Train Type
Canyon Spirit


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