Union Pacific Coal Train Enters the Moffat Tunnel

[@terrywallace4109]

A very beautiful video, well done.

[@LumityCanon4131]

took half the AC4400CW Union Pacific village to pull this Coal train into the Maffat Tunnel sweet action!! Michael Scott

[@Amtrak116]

Very nice video! Interesting shade of green for the clear signal...

[@floodedcar123]

Nice coal train

[@RexHalbeisen]

The tunnel was named after David Moffat but not built by him. Dave passed away about 1911. It was his vision as the tunnel cuts 176 miles off original route

[@brycehale4725]

The tunnel cut 30 miles off of the original route, which was the original line over Rollins Pass. 30 miles of 4% grade, that's just nuts for railroading

[@jalilmuhammad8270]

Eight engines on this one!

[@billnict1]

But only the first three are online; the last five in front appear to be dead in tow...

[@thewline887]

That's a lot of smoke

[@upheritage6]

nice video

[@shanonspargur8586]

and then the weeping angels took the whole train back in time and the train was covered in tally marks and all the people were nothing but skeletons because they had been eaten up by the Vashta Nerada.

[@9carcottrell246]

Here I am lashed up 8 deep, running v-16 s. Fiat Alice tug boat engine with full inter axel wheel lock deployment and sand spreader deployment. About 660,000 pounds per rail car 180,000 tare 3000 brake wheel horse power each wheel. 850,000 pounds of tractive drive. Let's go with throttle up. Notch 7 please. LETS PULL.

[@walterschivo9123]

I guess nobody has ever tried to walk into the Moffett tunnel, from the other side that doesn't have the door operation?

[@DanMeyer80]

saw an article where someone did get in the tunnel, apparently UP has an alarm thats controlled by sensors and cameras as well. They stop traffic until they find the trespasser. Probably not a good idea to go in there

[@mtwilliams2]

I do believe your trespassing

[@billnict1]

Unless he has a telephoto lens...

[@briankistner4331]

Well this was shot in 2012??? Been quite awhile since I've been at East Portal. SP had just come on to the scene. that's how long. Anyway, unless UP has become anal towards the railfans, we were never run off from being parked close to the tunnel. In the days of the D&RGW, idiot people would even go into the tunnel right after a train only to come running out gasping for air as the curtain was closing. I don't know what it's like these days, I don't go rail fanning much now, but in the past, UP were always polite towards the railfans. Yeah, there were "NO TRESPASSING" signs, but MOW crews didn't seem concerned. Only time I was ever chased out was once at Sherman Hill when a military train went thru. Don't know why.... We headed on in to Laramie and saw the train in the yard. Nothing special that would have caused a stir to be honest.