Photo ID: 111072 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There is a small platform and a railing for the conductor to hold on to as this oil train makes a reverse move on the main at Rocky. The conductor is ensuring the track behind the track is clear, and that the train has a signal out the east end. After the tail end of the train in on the main just east of Rocky, the conductor will get off the last car and the train will continue to back up without any protection under General Code of Operating Rule 6.6. This rule allows for unprotected reverse movements in CTC when the train will not pass a control point or grade crossing (among other things). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111071 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The conductor of this westbound oil train is riding on the last car of the train. The train is currently backing up east through the siding. The switch at the west end of Rocky is broken, and the train will have to back out onto the main and then continue west on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111069 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 187 (Phase 7) approaches a clear (green) signal at the west end of Rocky. The Zephyr is running 1 hour and 15 minutes late this morning. It was a bit behind schedule when it approached Denver from the east, but encountered an additional delay as there was a minor derailment of a BNSF train in the yard in Denver. Only one truck was derailed, and no cars were overturned. But the derailment temporarily block Amtrak's route into the station. Now, it is overtaking a UP oil train in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111068 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 6 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is definitely a unit that could stand not only a wash, but a full on repaint. At least the unit is operable, an issue that a lot of UP units has been facing lately. It is the third unit on westbound oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111067 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a crystal clear, blue sky morning as an ES44AC sits on the siding near the west end of Rocky. The paint on this unit is a bit spotty, but it is nice to see the American flag itself in pretty good shape. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111061 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Following about 15 minutes behind the westbound Zephyr, a BNSF oil train charges west on the main at Rocky. The train has six units on the head end of the empty tanks. After filling at the transload facility in Wash, UT, the train will return east with the power distributed throughout the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111058 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A Phase 7 P42DC happens to be leading the Zephyr on the Moffat this morning. The train has a standard consist with seven Superliners as the train rolls west on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111018 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Valmy coal load consistently runs west in a 3x3 power configuration. The train is stopped in the siding at Rocky, waiting for the afternoon Rocky Mountaineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111000 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the rays of the setting sun, you can see a little exhaust kicking up on the Zephyr as the train accelerates a bit, approaching the east end of Rocky where speed limits increase. The westbound oil empty on the siding is starting to accelerate as well, the head end already past west Rocky and out on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110995 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound empty oil train, led by an SD70ACe and two ES44ACs pull along the jointed rail of the siding. The house track, which is currently empty, has the derail aligned at the east end. The train will not have long to wait as it is waiting for the eastbound Zephyr. The Zephyr is currently at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110961 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP Grand Junction to North Yard manifest, comprised mainly of covered hoppers, is stopped in the siding at Rocky. It'll wait here for the next 45 minutes or so, waiting on the arrival of the morning westbound Zephyr, just departing Union Station at the time of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110947 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two SD70ACes and an AC4400CW bring up the tail end a loaded BNSF coal train. The train met a Provo-Denver manifest that had no crew onboard at the time. You can see the derail is set in the foreground. The train is tied down and waiting for a relief crew, which is already been called. The train will be headed for Denver in another 90 minutes or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110939 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of similarly-numbered ES44ACs are the power on the Provo-Denver this morning. Alas, the crew had to tie the train down here at Rocky as BNSF's 31st Street Yard said there was "no room at the inn" for the train, despite the crew having nearly an hour left on the clock. So, the train will wait here until a relief crew is available (and space is available in the yard) for the train to continue east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110938 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is getting tied down and the crew will wait for a van to pick them up and take them to their hotel in Denver. In the distance up at Eisele (Clay), the westbound counterpart, the Denver-Provo, is on the main, a pair of SD70ACes bringing up the rear of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110929 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This unit is the reason I went out for a few shots of the Zephyr this morning. There is nothing particularly special about this P42DC when you look at it. So why did I make the effort to get a shot? I am trying to get shots of as many of Amtrak's P42DCs before they are inevitably retired. AMTK 140 was one of 41 units I had not yet shot (out of 207 total units). With this shot, only 40 left to try to get shots of. Alas, some I will never get as a few have been wrecked and/or retired for other reasons. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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