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Low Desert Decent

With 14,000 tonnes of Bituminous Coal from Skyline, Utah pushing up against it Union Pacific 5913 and company drop into Garnet running elephant style, an additional two motors are on the rear to help push the train and control slack downhill. As the train bound for CalPortland in Rillito, Arizona continues it's long 86 mile decent from the top of Beaumont Hill to the very bottom of the Colorado Desert at Ferrum, which at -205 feet below sea level is also the lowest point for any railroad in the United States.

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Uploaded on March 15, 2019
Taken on February 16, 2019