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» Union Pacific (more..)
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» Crater Loop 
» UP Moffat Tunnel subdivison, Colorado, USA (more..)
» December 02, 2014
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The double horseshoe curve of the Crater loops (on the Craig branch between Bond and Toponas summit) in a continuous gradient of 2.0% is a clever idea to gain the necessary height for an entry of the railway into the Egeria Canyon (left background). We waited more then 2 1/2 hours for an announced empty coal train, but it had gone through already what we learned later....
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