Photo ID: 108042 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 878 (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 966 (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 994 (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 1066 (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. Photo ID: 107970 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 913 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An empty BNSF oil train makes its way west on the main at Rocky. Oil trains have rather disappeared from the Moffat in the last year or so, but have suddenly reappeared at the end of 2019 and start of 2020. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107912 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the entire train (all five cars of it, along with the power) back on the mainline at Rocky, crew members work to lock up the switch for the main and the derail (out of frame). Once complete, the crew members will hop on and the train will make the 14 mile journey back to North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107911 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The switch for the Rocky Spur (off the main) is roughly even with the west switch for the house track on the siding. Before continuing back to town, one of the crew members will align the derail on the spur (toward the bottom of the frame) back to the derail position. Just in case any cars come rolling down the spur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107906 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The privately own passenger car Sierra Hotel was on the back of the Westbound Zephyr on this morning. It is a bitter sweet trip for the Sierra Hotel as this is the final trip for the car. It will head back to Chicago on the back of the Eastbound Zephyr in a few days. The car's owner has been running it for 27 years and has said that it is time to retire it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107872 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 977 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Coming through Little Ten Loop, this rail train - interestingly running without a buffer car - is making its way west toward the west switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107871 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1003 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This loaded rail train is restricted to 40 MPH, which should be no problem for these two units on the point. The train is about halfway through Rocky, passing the west end of the house track and the switch to the Rocky Spur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107870 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1054 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44C4s lead a loaded rail train west at Rocky. Many people jokingly said rumor would start that BNSF is taking over maintenance on the Moffat, but this is just a train heading for San Bernardino in California and is taking the former Grande for routing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107869 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1081 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF made an interesting routing choice with loaded rail train. The train is headed for San Bernardino in California, but to get there will run west to Stockton, CA and then south over Tehachapi, through Barstow, and down Cajon to San Bernardino. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107798 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 8, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A very long MRONY heads east on the main at Rocky. As the head end approaches the east signal, the tail end of the train has not yet come in to view back at Little Ten Loop. This may be the final (regular) UP manifest of this length on the Moffat. The MNYRO and MRONY are no more after this rain arrives in North Yard. UP will now run an MNYGJ and MGJNY for cars in Grand Junction, but that train is likely to be shorter. No more UP manifests on Solider Summit... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107401 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1210 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I have always found rail trains to be very interesting. It is cools how each rail stretches from the start of the flat cars (the green cars) to the end. The rails simply bend as the train goes around curves. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107397 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1557 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Intermodal trains of any variety haven't been found on the Moffat in 15 years. However, once in a blue moon, UP or BNSF will route a baretable over the Moffat. If you haven't heard of such a creature before, a baretable is one of the lowest priority trains you'll find on the rails. It earns no revenue for the railroad as it is a "repositioning" move. These well cars are needed at BNSF's Logistics Park intermodal facility in Kansas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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