Photo ID: 111287 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As you can see, fresh snow is currently falling as the westbound Zephyr charges west on the main track at Rocky. The train is running right on time and, hopefully, the weather will not adversely affect the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111286 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The start of the third snow storm of the week has hit at East Rocky, and this one is expected to drop anywhere from 8 to 10 inches (20 to 25 cm) between now and early tomorrow afternoon. The westbound Zephyr knocked down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111190 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound military train was so long, it would not even fit between switches at Rocky! Indeed, the only two sidings between Denver and the Moffat Tunnel that the train would fit on are Rollins and Tolland. The other seven sidings on this side of the divide are all too short. Regardless, the train departs the east end of Rocky, headed for one of the bypass tracks in Denver. There, a relief crew will soon take over, taking the train east on to the KP and across the plains to Fort Riley in Kansas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111001 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is getting much lower in the western sky earlier in the day as we get closer to the end of the summer. Passengers on the eastbound Zephyr enjoy last afternoon views as the train accelerates into Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110994 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The signal at the east end of Rocky show a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal for an approaching westbound oil train. Note the switch, which is bent for the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110928 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. To the right, in UP's dirt parking lot, there are number of MOW vehicles, including a bus, that dropped off a huge gang of workers at o-dark-thirty the night before. The gang powered up a bunch of MOW rail vehicles that were tied down in the siding at Rocky and, at 3:30am, headed west! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110859 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The evening Zephyr departs the east end of Rocky and enters into the narrow west end of Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110854 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The power for the west local, a pair of SD40-2s, is headed west on the main at Rocky. The rain has really started to come down, moisture that the Front Range really needs after a couple of weeks of dry, clear skies and temperatures in the upper 90°Fs. The power will return to the six covered hoppers that it will bring back to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110853 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After returning to the main from the Rocky Spur, the power needed to run around the six cars that will be returned to Denver. Because the train has two six axle units, they could not wye on the spur. So, the power exited the west end of Rocky, came east through the siding, and is exiting the east end to go back on the main to then head east to North Yard. The conductor is protecting the shove for the engineer, located in the other unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110711 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Rocky, we find a westbound UP oil train coming out of Barbara's Gulch, around the bend, and toward a clear (green) signal. UP 1943 is a nice splash of color...or, perhaps, a splash of gray!...on the train as it heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110501 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 236 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, with Phase 7 AMTK 82 on the point, knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. The Zephyr is meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train, which is actually tied down at the moment, waiting for a relief crew that will not come for another five hours. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110483 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The crew on this westbound UP oil train just got off the "phone" (the radio) with the UP Mechanical Desk. The crew asked permission to bring the second unit online as they were concerned about stalling with the sole unit on the point. The desk gave the okay, and the second unit is now roaring to life, spitting out a bit of exhaust as it does so at the east switch of Rocky. Two of the three sun visors on the eastbound signal in the foreground have been ripped off in recent high winds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110434 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of GEs bring up the tail end of an eastbound UP coal empty, heading out of the siding at Rocky and on to the main, around the bend in to Barbara's Gulch. The train is running on an Approach (yellow) signal, following behind the Rocky Mountaineer on an overcast April afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110433 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Crazy how things change over time. 20 years ago, nobody would ever expect to find an empty UP coal train running over the Moffat. That's exactly what we see here, however, as this empty departs east out of the siding at Rocky after letting the Rocky Mountaineer overtake it. This train will load in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and then head west (loaded) on the Overland. The eastbound empty comes east across the Moffat to remove a slower, lower priority train from the Overland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110416 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two DPUs bring up the tail end of the westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest. The train is headed in to the siding to wait to allow the morning Zephyr, which is running about 1 hours and 45 minutes late, to run around it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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