Photo ID: 110947 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 308 (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 305 (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 328 (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 344 (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. Photo ID: 110905 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After arriving in Denver, it was discovered that the Zephyr had an air leak. The decision was made to swap the P42DCs around. AMTK 170 had been the trailing unit upon arriving. After a couple hours of swapping units around, AMTK 170 became the leader and the train departed west. Here, the train passes by empty tank cars and sunflowers on the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110904 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 245 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two decades ago, coal train dominated the Moffat. Fast forward to the time of this shot and coal has been replaced by oil. A westbound empty sits on the siding at Rocky in the foreground, while an eastbound oil load slows to a stop on the main track at Eisele in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110900 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound empty oil train is stopped in the siding at Rocky and will be holding here for a little while. The westbound Zephyr is going to run around the train on the main, and it will continue to hold for an eastbound loaded oil train as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110893 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Afternoon clouds are starting to roll across the mountains and out onto the Plains. Meanwhile, the Zephyr, cast in shadows, is four hours late as it heads west on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr rolls east on the main at Rocky. In this shot, you can clearly see the difference between welded rail (on the main) and jointed rail (on the siding). Some track equipment is currently tied down on the house track. Note that derails are properly set on both ends of the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110795 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is close to 95°F (35°C) on this last afternoon in July as a very late Zephyr heads west on the main at Rocky. Note some MOW equipment in the house track at Rocky. UP has been doing work on Little Ten and Big Ten Curves over the course of the past month or two. The Zephyr has a standard consist (for 2024), with a pair of P42DCs, baggage car, and seven Superliners. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110784 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 397 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From north of Rocky, we see the Zephyr on the main track, headed west. Across the valley, you can clearly see some of the open hoppers used as a wind break on Big Ten Curve. "AWARE" has been spray painted on five of the cars, and all of the cars are pretty well covered in graffiti. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110761 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a very hazy July morning, the Zephyr makes its way west on the main at Rocky, approaching little Ten Curve. The haze in the area is due to (common-in-summer) forest fires currently burning in Oregon and North California. Unfortunately (as far as the smoke goes), the winds are calm and there is no rain in the forecast, so haze it is. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110728 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There aren't too many coal trains left on the Moffat, but there is a westbound empty on the move in the siding here at Rocky. It is meeting the MGJNY, and the meet will come close to being a rolling meet. A rolling meet is a meet in which neither train actually comes to a stop. The coal empty will continue rolling without stopping, but the manifest will come to a stop for about two minutes while the empty clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110727 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With all the different trains and railroads that run on the Moffat (UP, BNSF, Amtrak, the Rocky Moutaineer), it almost seems like a rare event to catch a meet between two UP trains. That is just what is happening here at Rocky as a westbound coal empty rolls through the siding as the Grand Junction to North Yard rolls east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110712 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Under the harsh lighting of mid-day in the summer, a westbound unit oil train, led by UP 1943, charges west on the main track at Rocky. UP 1943 has been making multiple runs on oil trains for the past several weeks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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