Photo ID: 112149 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Well, this wraps up my coverage of the Winter Park Express Ski Train for the 2024-2025 season. It sounds like it has been a tremendously successful year, with the train expanding to run five days a week (Thursday through Monday). Here's hoping the train returns to be just as successful next winter. For now, the P42DCs and the Superliners will be taken on the Zephyr west to California later in the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111987 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is about to knock down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky, hustling to make it in to Denver on time. In fact, it will end up arriving in Denver 11 minutes early. To the left, not the back end of a UP oil empty, which is starting to pull west out of Rocky. The oil train will go up to Plain to meet the Winter Park Express. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111852 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the east switch of Rocky, this UP oil train is about to dive into Barbara's Gulch and will pass underneath the CO-93 overpass. Once arriving on one of the Bypass tracks in Denver, the crew will need to cut out the three mid-train DPUs and then put the train back together. The train will depart east for the KP with a fresh crew and the three units on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111805 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The engineer on the morning Winter Park Express throttles up at East Rocky to increase speed a little bit after coming through the west end of Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111724 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak DS-378 has set up a nice meet here at Rocky between the westbound California Zephyr and an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver. The conductor on the Provo-Denver is just climbing down off the head end in order to give a roll by to the Zephyr. There isn't a cloud in the sky, which is resulting in slightly colder temperatures, right around 20°F (-7°C) at the moment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111649 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking out the back of Winter Park Express Ski Train, the morning sun breaks through mostly cloudy skies at the east end of Rocky. A thick layer of frost is covering most everything this morning, making for a very beautiful scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111508 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Following about 30 minutes behind the Zephyr, a westbound UP oil train knocked down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. As you can see, the train wraps through Barbara's Gulch and can be seen in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111349 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 170 and AMTK 82 leads the westbound Zephyr through a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. AMTK 82 is, of course, sporting the new Phase 7 paint scheme. This is the first non-Phase 5 unit on the Zephyr in at least a couple of weeks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111287 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 129 (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 160 (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 105 (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 103 (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 82 (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 144 (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 173 (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.

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