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Coal Creek curvature

Still looking like the Southern Pacific, a Union Pacific coal train descends the loop at Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado.The lead AC4400CWs are passing the detector at mile 22.6, while the mid-train DPUs are dropping down the two-percent grade in the background on January 18, 1998.

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Taken on January 18, 1998