Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
On the evening of December 3, 2025, a coal empty headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch in western Colorado struck a large rock that had fallen on the track. Fortunately, there were no major injuries to the crew. The two units, however, were pretty banged up. Union Pacific is finally transporting the units to either be repaired or scrapped. Here, they were the 8th and 9th units on the head end of the MGJNY, seen here on the main at Eisele (Clay).
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 06:57:47
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft)




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
AC4400CW
Primary Unit Number
UP 7198

Paint Scheme
UP Flag/Lightning/Wings
Symbol
MGJNY-21
Train Type
Manifest

Additional Unit Number(s)
UP 5734
   


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Hasselblad / Mavic 3 / Mavic 3 Pro [L2D-20c]
ISO
170
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
24 mm
Shutter
1/320 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8