Union Pacific Coal Trains into Moffat Tunnel

This is a very long video, because it shows two long coal trains in their entirety.

I went to Moffat Tunnel East Portal in Colorado to see what was going on, and met two westbound empty coal trains charging into the 6.2 mile long tunnel.

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• Moffat
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• Union
• Pacific
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• BNSF
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• National
• Colorado
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[jbc6]

Are they in notch 8 at the beginning?

[cchan006]

Not sure. If I were to guess, notch 5 or 6, maybe?

[Landaux]

Wish I had the time and CASH for GAS to see all this. :)

[cchan006]

In case I'll have less time and money in the future (and things are looking bleak), I'm trying to railfan as much as possible before it's too late. :-)

[wappaw]

@cchan006 What is the longest train tunnel in North America? Anyone?

[cchan006]

@wappaw: Mt. Macdonald Tunnel in British Columbia, 9.1 miles.

[BNSFBJ]

Yo,

That was some amazing photography and an outstanding video right there my friend. Not to mention some outstanding power lash-ups as well to go along with it....Awesome Awesome Awesome!!!!!!5*

Bryan

[BCS716]

Who the hell dislikes this video? Go get a subwoofer for your computer and then tell me you still dislike it.

[DenverGuy11111]

@BCS716 A couple of Justin Bieber types.

[ThePostal67]

How can there be two dislikes, it says "Union Pacific Coal Trains", did they expect naked girls? Stupid voting.... Anyway, nice video, visited the portal a number of years ago!  When the coal comes though Rochelle IL the most is three engines, sometimes with a DPU pushing..

[TopThrillDan]

Nice video, I've seen two BNSF coal trains and one UP coal train up at Fostoria Ohio. :D

[qora01m]

@BCS716 Totally agree! It's a great rail fanning video that ultimatelly shows what US trains are about: More cars, more engines, more power than anywhere else in the world. Thanks for sharing on youtube!

[gonetoworkbbackin5mi]

How does the lead engines communicate with the pushers?

[dreambuilders48808]

Not much has changed since I was there in the early 1980's.

[CRPULSE300]

The six loco thing depends on what kind of train. Empty coal train return with all their power up front, while loads have them distributed. Watched UP put a loaded train together at Grand junction one time.They put the power on in a 3-4-1 arrangement.

[vladimir2366fa]

Thanks you, Videos very nice,

[JARRETTRYAN]

My ass hurts sittin here watchin' trains! - I think its gone numb now!