Photo ID: 108658 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern Near the west end of Rocky, BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo sits in the siding, waiting patiently. The train has just met an eastbound BNSF manifest, but now needs to wait for some track repairs that were found by a hyrailer up at Coal Creek Canyon. The crew has been told to get comfortable and expect to wait for at least 90 minutes, and quite probably longer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108526 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1070 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local backs down the steepest part of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. This part of the spur is 8%. This is why, in the past, up to four engines have been on the local when it was longer, back when it was being used to remove things from the old Rocky Flats. The brakeman is on the last hopper, protected the shove...or more likely, the glide...down toward the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108499 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 2, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 944 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ES44AC and an AC4400CW bring up the tail end of the MNYGJ, currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. UP 1943, sitting on the main, will be the new leader for the manifest. The crew is currently working to link these two units as DPUs to UP 1943. Once complete, the crew will take UP 1943 to the west end of the siding and back on to the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108498 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 2, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Hard to believe that UP 1943 is already close to three years old! I last saw it almost exactly a year prior to this shot when it led a passenger special on the Moffat at the end of September 2019. Today, it came out of North Yard to be used as the lead unit on the MNYGJ, currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108434 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 967 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One of the "Big Game" P42DCs leads the westbound Zephyr on the main at Rocky by a short UP work train sitting in the siding. The train is coordinating with maintenance guys on the ground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108354 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 13, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 917 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The two largest railroads both in the western United States and the United States as a whole. BNSF exercises their trackage rights on the Moffat with a BNSF Denver-Provo manifest which is passing by a loaded UP rail train that is holding on the main. The Denver-Provo is a "key train" today, meaning it is restricted to a maximum speed on the main and restricted to 10 MPH when in the siding and meeting or passing trains. So it is creeping along west here amid an afternoon July storm out on the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108353 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 13, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 833 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A loaded rail trains sits stopped on the main at Rocky as a westbound BNSF manifest overtakes the train, coming through the siding. An afternoon thunderstorm rolls east out on to the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108276 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 885 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The first 13 cars behind the head end power on the MNYGJ will actually be set out on the house track at Granby. 12 of the cars are filled with fresh, new ties, presumably to be used on the Moffat. An ES44AH, an AC4400CW, and an SD70M lead up the MNYGJ this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108260 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 908 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Near the east end of Rocky, the number of tracks expands from two to four for a short distance. The track on the far left is the house track. If you are not familiar with that term, a house track is usually a few hundred feet long and is often found alongside a siding. If a train needs to set out a car for some reason, a house track is a great place to put it so as not to have to block the entire siding. The track on the far right is the Rocky Spur, which runs about 4 miles to the north. the MGJNY here is rolling east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108253 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 904 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a somewhat cloudy morning as the westbound Zephyr makes its way west on the main at Rocky. A P40DC, AMTK 824, is leading up the train this today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108220 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 842 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo is on the main at Rocky. In the foreground is the main part of Big Ten Curve. As the crow flies, the train is about 1/2 mile away from the curve. By rail, however, it is still close to two miles away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108042 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 830 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The cab of BNSF 9135 is currently empty! The crew brought this coal load to a stop here at Rocky nearly four hours earlier, before sunrise. The train was tied down, the derail at the east end of the siding was set, and the crew was picked up. Not sure if there wasn't a rested crew available to take the train to town in the pre-dawn hours, or if the yard said the train couldn't come in yet. Either way, was happy to find it still sitting out at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108041 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 904 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's been awhile since one of these has run on the Moffat, but overnight, a BNSF coal load (from Utah) descended the front range and parked in the hole at Rocky. The all-EMD trio on the head end was a welcome site! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108040 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 22, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 942 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Passing the east switch of the House Track on the siding at Rocky, this train is slowing to a stop in order to wait for a recrew and space in the yard. The elephant-style power on the head end is a good representation of power over the last few decades with a C44-9W, an ET44C4, and an ES44C4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107971 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1009 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While hopper cars once dominated the Moffat (on coal trains), today it tends to be tank cars (for oil) that are most commonly found. While a unit tank train is obviously going to up that count, most BNSF manifests on the Moffat consist primarily of tank cars as well. This unit oil train is headed to Utah for loading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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