After getting a bit of sun at Plain, the clouds quickly rolled in and this eastbound manifest rolls through Little Ten Curve at Rocky in the shade.
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The suburb of Arvada has expanded to the north and west quite a bit in the last five years. The new neighborhood of Candelas is the main neighborhood seen here in the background of the Winter Park Express heading west through Rocky.
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The morning sun glistens of the sides of the eight Superliners devoted to the Winter Park Express "Ski Train" for the 2018 ski season. The track above the train is the Rocky Spur, which now services a single customer at the far north end almost five miles away.
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This massive Provo-Denver (with six units on the point and one DPU on the tail end) had to stop and tie down here at Rocky. At the time, BNSF had no room train in the yard. A van is coming out from Denver to pick up the crew and take them to their hotel. When the yard is ready, a Denver-based crew will come out and take the train the remaining 17 or so miles in to the yard.
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A trio of elephant-style GEs leads a westbound Denver-Provo through Little Ten Loop and toward the west switch of Rocky. The train, as is the case with a majority of BNSF's manifest on the Moffat, is primarily comprised of tank cars.
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a long lens shot (400mm) that shows an eastbound coal load on the main at Rocky. As the lead units pass by the switch to the Rocky Branch, the mid-train DPUs enter Little Ten Curve. Those mid-train DPUs will be setout in Denver before the train continues east on the KP.
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A busy few minutes at Rocky! The West Local slowly descends down the 8% grade of the Rocky Spur. It has completed is switching and will be returning North Yard with a single covered hopper. Meanwhile, a westbound BNSF sand train slowly charges by on the main track.
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CSX 3278 is leading a westbound coal empty toward a clear signal at the west end of Rocky. The train will run around a freshly maintained Big Ten Curve (fresh rails, ties, and ballast) before continuing west through Eisele and into the siding at Plain. There, the Zephyr will run around the train.
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Despite the fact that the Moffat is back open after an eight day closure last week, there is still a lot of maintenance going on! The westbound Zephyr is being held in Denver until 12:30pm. Departing ahead of the Zephyr was this coal empty with an all-CSX consist. Note the incredible amount of equipment that UP is working on putting away in the house track, off the siding.
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Hmmm...east meets west? An eastbound BNSF manifest offers up plenty of bell and whistle as it approaches a highrailer holding the siding at Rocky.
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Pulling through Little Ten Curve, the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Blue circus train slows as it approaches a red signal on the siding at the east end of Rocky. The train will wait here for the westbound California Zephyr, currently about ten minutes to the east on the approach to Leyden.
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Two of the last P42DCs received by Amtrak lead up today's westbound Zephyr. The P42s are pulling the train west through Little Ten Curve toward the west switch of Rocky. Meanwhile, an eastbound BNSF manifest has received a clear signal to continue heading east.
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Cars driving along on CO-93 are oblivious to the approaching UP Engineering Special. Although it is hard to tell from this vantage point, the train is entirely obscured from the drivers as it is well below them. The track rising on the hill toward the cars is the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead.
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This consist is headed for Tabernash where, over the course of a few days, the train will make several round trips between Tabernash and East Portal. This will allow EMD to test the performace of their new SD70ACe-T4 both in high altitudes, and in tunnels. The UP units will be onhand to offer assistance, should it be needed.
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A westbound special, consisting of six units (including two SD70ACe-T4 prototypes) and an EMD test car make their way west on the main at Rocky. Meanwhile, the weather is a little crazy on the plains, with moisture spilling out of the clouds between the location of the train and Standley Lake.
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