Photo ID: 112448 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP rock train is tied down on the main at Rocky. The main between switches is currently out-of-service. All of this rip rock is going to be placed rail side, much of it on Big Ten Curve to shore up the tracks on the relatively soft ground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112436 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound rail train is sitting on the siding at Rocky, and has come to a stop. The train is waiting on MOW to clear up west of Rocky. Once they get the green, the train will head west to drop off some strips of rail at various locations between Plain and Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112428 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Quite a bit going on in this shot. In additional to the manifest rolling east through the siding at Rocky, we see a regulator on the main to the right. You might also notice that the spur switch to the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead is also open. The main track here at Rocky is currently out-of-service. UP is checking for track damage on the main after a derailment last Friday. They are also storing some MOW equipment on the main and on the spur in the meantime. The tank car that derailed can be spotted to the left on the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112427 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Here is the problem car! This is the tank car that derailed on the BNSF Provo-Denver last Friday morning. The truck on the right side popped off the rail and was dragged along for several hundred feet before the train came to a stop. Fortunately, no other cars derailed, and no cars fell over! A new wheel set has been placed under the car, but it still remains in the house track at Rocky until BNSF can come and take it back to Denver. The flat car to the left was not involved in the derailment. It was set up from a different train several days earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112421 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Last Friday, there was a derailment nearby. A car with a derailed truck ran east on the main here. If you look closely, it looks like you might be able to see a flange mark in the middle of the track, offset to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112419 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Due to a derailment in the area last Friday, all trains are running through the siding at Rocky. Additionally, there is a 10 MPH slow order for trains between West Rocky and (roughly) East Eisele (Clay). As a result, the Zephyr is slowly making its way west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112418 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The mainline at Rocky is currently out-of-service due to a derailment that occurred last Friday. The truck on the derailed car ran on the main at Rocky and UP maintenance of way took the main out-of-service for inspection. As a result, all trains, including the westbound Zephyr, are running through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112256 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY, led by UP 5306, is approaching a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. The train has a straight shot the rest of the way into the yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112255 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific From this vantage point of UP's MGJNY on the main at Rocky, you can also see the track for the Rocky Spur (or Rocky Flats Industrial Lead). The spur runs nearly five miles to the north, The Acosta aggregate plant on the north end of the spur ships by rail. Or, at least, it did...the West Local hasn't serviced the plant in several months, making it seem as though the plant is no longer shipping by rail. Note the derail, collected aligned to the derail position to protect the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112254 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 5306, with three GEs and a pair of EMDs, is making track speed on the main at Rocky, heading east on the final 15 miles (or so) of the journey into North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112234 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three units lead this westbound BNSF coal load on the main at Rocky. A few hours ago, the ground was entirely covered in snow. But rapidly rising temperatures, now around 38°F, is resulting in the rapid melting of the snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112226 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A look down from the plateau where CO-72 is located, down to where Rocky is located. The westbound Zephyr, with AMTK 83 and AMTK 151 are in charge this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112163 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is one of the more interesting covered hoppers you might come across. It looks like a box car that was modified to be a covered hopper. Regardless, on this particular day, it is serving as a buffer car between the head end power and the loaded oil train behind it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112162 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Whenever a train is tied down in a siding along the mainline, a derail is always set. As you can see here, a derail does exactly what it sounds like. It is intentionally causes the train to derail. Should something fail, resulting in the train rolling without a crew, it will derail here, on the siding, before it can roll out onto the main, possibly striking another train, or derailing in a populated area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112161 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of units lead an eastbound BNSF oil train. The train arrived Rocky roughly 12 hours ago. It was tied down and the train has been waiting for a fresh crew since then. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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