Photo ID: 113011 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog This westbound ballast train was setup in a 3x2 configuration. However, when it started pulling out of the siding at Rocky, the drawbar on the front of the lead ballast car broke, and the train went into emergency. Fortunately, the train was not further west when it broken, as there is a chance the train would've blocked the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113010 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog A westbound ballast train has suffered a broken drawbar. When the drawbar broke, the engines (obviously) pulled away from the cars, putting the train into emergency. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113008 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog This westbound ballast train stopped in the siding at Rocky to meet the westbound Rocky Mountaineer. After the Mountaineer passed, the ballast train started pulling west and broke the drawbar on the west end of the lead ballast car! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112963 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 621 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest rolls east on the main track at Rocky. It is passing by a UP work crew and the West Local. The local is going to pick up four gondolas from the house track, and leave two others that are filled with tie plates. Some additional maintenance of way is tied down in the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112958 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 546 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local works to switch out some gondolas in the house track at Rocky. Rumors of a substantial work project on the Moffat have been swirling around. It has been said that the work project, whatever it might be, will last until December. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112957 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local ran out to Rocky this morning to bring two gondolas of tie plates out to the house track. The local will also take four other gondolas back to town. For the westbound trip, this snoot-nose SD40-2 led the trip. This particular unit has warn UP yellow since it was originally delivered in March 1977! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112936 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 581 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP ES44AC heads west on the main at Rocky, meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train. The oil train just arrived and is going to tie down in the siding as there is no room in Denver for the train at the moment. The single UP unit has a green signal and is going to continue westbound by itself. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112935 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 576 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP sent a single ES44AC west out of North Yard west on the Moffat. While I do not know why, I would imagine it was being sent to rescue a train that had an engine fail somewhere to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112918 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 603 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Summer afternoons in Colorado are very frequently overcast with thunderstorms moving through the area. Fortunately, mother nature had other plans this afternoon, as the skies are nearly completely clear, offering perfect light for this westbound UP passenger train. The train is headed for Grand Junction today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112917 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 575 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After making track speed from Denver to Rocky, this UP passenger train is now slowing at Rocky in preparation for a 10 MPH slow order ahead from Little Ten Curve up to the east switch of Eisele (give or take). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112910 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr meets an eastbound oil train at Rocky. DS-378 has already set up a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky, and the train is getting ready to continue to Denver. Meanwhile, the Zephyr passes by the seldom-used Rocky Spur (or Rocky Flats Industrial Lead). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112908 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe leads an eastbound loaded oil train in the siding at Rocky. DS-378 has set up a great meet with the westbound Zephyr, which is just to the east, entering Barbara's Gulch right now. After the meet, the oil train will continue east to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112874 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting UP's MNYGJ, and with a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky, this Amtrak special with the Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset start to roll east on the main track, the sun quickly setting behind the Rocky Mountains under partly cloudy skies to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112873 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 588 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has just dipped behind the mountains to the west as a westbound UP manifest, the thrice weekly MNYGJ, rolls west in the siding. The manifest was entirely composed of covered hoppers, and had an interesting configuration with three units on the point, and a single SD70ACe as a mid-train swing helper! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 520 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An eastbound Amtrak special, carrying an Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset, sits stopped at a red signal on the main at Rocky. The train is waiting on a westbound UP MNYGJ, which is going quite a bit slower than the dispatcher would have liked. The dispatcher was hoping the manifest would have been in the siding waiting for the special by the time the special arrived. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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