Photo ID: 104983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1445 (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 1565 (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. Photo ID: 104926 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Ten years ago, I'm not sure anyone would have predicted that unit coal trains on the Moffat would be on the decline while unit oil trains would be on the rise! A very new (delivered in 2014) SD70AH leads this particular set of oil cans at East Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104826 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1458 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As more and more BNSF units painted in the "New Image" scheme appear, it is becoming less and less common to find units painted in the original "Heritage" scheme. However, BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO (trackage rights) manifest had one on this sunny August afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104825 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Getting a little artsy, this shot is focused in on a lone sunflower (on this side of the tracks) as an eastbound BNSF manifest rounds the curve out of Rocky, headed into Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104824 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1570 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is getting to be late in the afternoon as this eastbound BNSF manifest rolls through the OS at the east switch of Rocky. At this point, the crew will switch from channel 2323 to channel 1414 and move from UP DS-82 to UP DS-86. Five GEs are in the command of the trains, which is primarily composed of tank cars. (Note: Channel 1414 being used between Prospect Jct and Rocky for DS-86 is a recent change. It had been channel 9292, but was changed due to the amount of radio traffic on 9292). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104708 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1703 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Here is a unit that might look a little out of place for the venue! This BNSF manifest is being led by a [leased] Norfolk Southern C40-9W as the train passes the east switch at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104172 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Now running only 20 minutes late (the train picked up 15 minutes since departing Granby), the Zephyr passes the east switch at Rocky. If you noticed the signal at Rocky is dark, it is because the approach lit circuit has quite kicked in yet to activate the signal! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104117 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1606 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Leaving Rocky behind, this coal train (with a crew running short on time) depart Rocky and will have clear signals for the rest of the journey in to town. You can see the sign in the background showing crews the radio channel they need to change to (23/23) as well as the new dispatcher (82). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104116 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A coal train is approaching the east end of the siding at Rocky where it will depart on a clear signal and wind through the S-Curve that leads to Barbara's Gulch. The train had to run through the siding due to track work on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103583 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1828 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Ballast trains can always be something of a challenge to get west over the Moffat. They typically weigh somewhere around 7,000 tons and that is all uphill between Denver and the Moffat Tunnel. Here, a ballast train has 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: 103581 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1792 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Rocky, the Roper to Denver manifest heads east toward Denver. The weather condition were deteriorating rapidly with the first few snow flakes just starting to fall. The Denver/Roper trains lately are led by the kind of AC power you see on most coal trains. It was nice to see some SD70M's on the train and an SD9043MAC on the point to boot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103541 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 2117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Rocky, the eastbound MRONY continues toward town on a clear signal. Although there are only two units on the point, there was indeed a third (DPU) unit - an SD9043MAC - on the end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1077 Date Shot Photo By June 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 2189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BN C30-7's on the Moffat!? Yep, it happened for a very short time between the fall of 1997 and the deactivation of most of the C30-7's in 1998 and 1999. This was also before BNSF started using DPU on its westbound manifests on the Moffat. Manned helpers would push the train up the hill to East Portal where they would cut off and return to Denver. Here, C30-7 5047 leads the way back to town just east of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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