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Crater Loops

            A Union Pacific coal train descends the 2.29% grade at Crater Loops running 2x2x2. This train loaded at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch and is bound for Southern Company's Plant Daniel in Mississippi. 

The D&SL really knew how to build a railroad through the rugged terrain utilizing a series of horseshoe curves, several tunnels and countless tight curves & cuts as the tracks steadily gain elevation. It's a steep climb from Bond as trains navigate Crater Loops, Rock Creek Canyon and Egeria Canyon until they reach the summit at Toponas. The west end of 'Volcano' can be seen on the mountains above the train before the tracks enter Egeria Canyon. Such a cool piece of railroad.

Crater Loops has been a bucket list goal for me for a long time and as most you can relate, merely a pipe dream when you live 1500+ miles away.

Thanks John Shine for the nice prop to photograph!

Taken on: April 25, 2024

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Union

General

Electric

locomotive

BNSF

EMD

SD70ACe

Crater

Loops

McCoy

Colorado

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Coal

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Sets appears in: • Colorado/Utah '24 • Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision

Groups appears in: • Quality and Exceptional Railway Photographs • Moffat Tunnel Subdivision

Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, f/8.0, 1/640 sec, 38mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	38mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.2 (Windows)
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