Photo ID: 105623 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 2010 leads an eastbound manifest through the east switch of Rocky on a beautiful October afternoon. If you are at all familiar with UP's roster, then you'll know that 2010 seems like an odd number of an ES44AC. You'd be correct. This is the specifically painted Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary unit. The Boy Scouts celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010, hence the numbering of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105424 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1757 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This same train I actually shot earlier in day, being assembled (by these very two units) at the Cherokee Power Station in Denver. The train was assembled at the plant and taken across the Belt Industrial Lead to North Yard. There, four units were added to the rear of the train and the rear of the train became the front of the train! These two units were set up as DPUs and a fresh crew departed westbound, destined for the Craig Branch and Energy Mine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105423 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1557 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sometimes when the clouds are out and messing up the perfect lighting, all you can do is try to get creative and work with it! a pair of AC4400CWs push on the tail end of this westbound coal empty past the control box at the east switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105422 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1555 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In the past two years or so, SD70ACes have become far more commonplace on UP coal trains. While they are by no means "the norm", it is not unusual to see them anymore. For close to a decade, UP never ran them on coal trains, making them something of a rarity in Denver. Here, a fairly new SD70ACe leads a westbound coal empty toward a clear signal at the east switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As this eastbound BNSF manifest approaches the photographer, the conductor opens the windows and gives a friendly wave. I actually spoke with this conductor briefly up at Cliff. He let me know that they were waiting in the siding for a westbound that was having engine troubles. He was a very nice guy. Now, he is only 17 miles away from home and has clear signals the rest of the way in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105253 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest passes over the east switch at Rocky, roughly 17 miles away from its destination in Denver. If you look closely, you will notice some lighter colored ballast underneath the lead unit of the train. The frog was just recently replaced by maintenance crews and some new ballast was put down as well to help with erosion from lost of precipitation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105027 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1443 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Got snow? This eastbound is leaving Rocky and about to head in to Barbara's Gulch. There are some fairly fresh tire tracks in the snow from UP maintenance vehicles headed for Rocky the day before. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105026 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1438 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Winter Wonderland! The day before the last day of February, the City of Denver set a record for the most snowfall in history for the month of February. 22.2" fell this February, which is ironic because ten days earlier, it was shaping up to be one of the driest February's in history. Okay, enough weather talk. BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest heads east at East Rocky through the roughly 5" of fresh snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105021 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1588 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific In the past, the departure of the MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Roper, UT) was somewhat predictable, typically departing North Yard between 7am and 8am. For the last year or so, it has been much harder to predict. It has been departing anywhere between 6am and 3pm. On this chilly February morning, the train is about to knock down the signal at East Rocky five minutes before 7 o'clock in the morning. On board for the journey west is an east coast visitor! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105020 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 2053 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Clouds in the eastern sky block the barely-risen sun, offering an interesting back light for the westbound MNYRO. The train has just exited the west end of Barbara's Gulch (passing beneath CO-93), and is now rounding the curve toward the east switch of Rocky, ready to knock down the clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104986 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This coal load is running in a typical 2x3x1 configuration. These three mid-train swing helpers were added to the train in Glenwood Springs. They assisted the train in its climb up the west slope of the Continental Divide. Upon arriving in Denver, the units will be cut out of the train and serviced. The train will continue east with two units on the point and a sole DPU on the tail end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After the UP/SP merger in 1996, UP added specific designations for controls points, beyond just their names. As you can see on the box to the right, East Rocky has been designated as DS016. The "DS" came from "Denver and Salt Lake", the railroad that originally built the Moffat. A coal load passes by on its journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104984 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Rocky, trains switch radio channels as well as dispatchers. Eastbounds, such as this one, move from DS-82 to DS-86 and change from channel 23/23 to channel 14/14. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This C44/60AC has a shield and wings on the nose, although the shield is rather faded. This particular unit was once a 6000 horsepower AC6000CW. It's 6000 HP HDL prime mover has since been changed out for a standard 4400 HP FDL prime mover. The train is coming through the switch at East Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104927 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Say hello so the SD70AH. What makes this unit different from an SD70ACe? 7,000 pounds! For a long time, various railroads have, at times, increased the weight of certain locomotives to try to increase their tractive effort. Such is the case with the SD70AH. EMD increased the thickness of the steel frame, adding the 7,000 pounds. Interestingly, I got a picture of UP 8923 back in 2007. That was a different unit, however. At that time, UP 8923 was an SD90MAC that was waiting to be sold off. Check out the picture in the "Additional Photos" below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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