News photo: Union Pacific officers’ train in Colorado (updated)

News photo: Union Pacific officers’ train in Colorado (updated)

By David Lassen | May 18, 2021

| Last updated on May 19, 2021


11-car train stops at Moffat Tunnel after overnight stay in Winter Park

Yellow locomotive and passenger cars at tunnel.
A Union Pacific special stops at East Portal, Colo., while passengers inspect the Moffat Tunnel fan house and controls on Tuesday. (Steve Patterson)

An 11-car Union Pacific passenger train pauses at the east portal of Colorado’s Moffat Tunnel on Tuesday while passengers inspect the tunnel’s fan house and control room. The train arrived at Winter Park, Colo., on Monday morning, and departed about 2 p.m. today, stopping at the tunnel before continuing to Denver, where it is laying over this evening. A Union Pacific spokesman says the train is on an inspection tour that will also include a stop in Cheyenne, Wyo., before returning to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Thursday.

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