Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

It took awhile to catch up to this westbound UP coal empty. The empty train allows it to run at track speed, 50 MPH. After shooting it at MP 59.7, I could not get ahead of it until here near MP 34. Since the roads do not directly follow the tracks, it took about 25 miles to get ahead.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Campbell County, WY

Subdivision
Orin (BNSF)

Milepost or Control Point
Crossover 42.1 to Crossover 33.0



Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific 		Model
C44ACM 		Primary Unit Number
UP 6930

Paint Scheme
UP Nose Flags/Shield 		Symbol
Train Type
Unit Coal



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

Focal Length
70 mm 		Shutter
1/1250 seconds 		Aperture
f/2.8

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