Photo ID: 112551 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not too often you find an SD70M on the point of a mainline train these days. UP 4630 happened to be the leader on an eastbound ballast train. The train took the siding at Rocky to meet a westbound oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112500 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A couple weeks ago, this bulkhead flat was setout in the house track at Rocky. I am not entirely sure what the reason for setting the car out was, but it continues to sit here. The tank car coupled to it was the car the derailed on BNSF's Provo-Denver two weeks earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112475 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is making its way east through the siding at Rocky. The mainline between switches at Rocky is still out-of-service as UP maintenance continues a construction project on Big Ten. Up at Eisele (Clay), UP's MGJNY is now slowly rolling east, following right behind the BNSF manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112450 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF oil train is running east through the siding at Rocky. The train is passing a rocky train tied down on the main. The train will head west out of the siding tomorrow to drop rip rock along the right-of-way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112449 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This rock train is set up in a push-pull operation. UP 6300 is on the east end of the rock train, and is currently tied down. Note the red flag just east of the unit. This particular AC4400CW is approaching its 30th birthday. It was delivered as SP 319 in July 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112448 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 69 (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 110 (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 142 (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 124 (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 124 (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 100 (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 129 (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 136 (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 156 (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 159 (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.

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