Photo ID: 111354 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, Co 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A fairly decent sized herd of elk are enjoying the morning on the north side of the rails. The engineer let the conductor know so, in turn, the conductor could announce the herd to the passenger so they could try to get a view of them. The Zephyr is on time on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111353 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak 90 minutes before this picture was taken, there was a thick layer of low clouds completely obscuring this view. The cold also contributed to a bit of frost that has formed on a lot of the foliage. The sun has now burned off the clouds as the morning Zephyr charges west on the main at Rocky alongside the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111348 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 152 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is waiting in the siding at Rocky for the westbound Zephyr. The conductor got off the lead unit and is waiting for the Zephyr to show up so he can conduct a roll by. The power on the manifest is set up in a 5x0 configuration instead of the more-typical 3x2 configuration. The train is also quite a bit shorter than the average train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111347 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With a new (dummy) wheel set placed under BNSF 5767, crews are very slowly starting to lower the front end of the unit back down to the rails and onto the waiting wheel set. Once complete, the crews will pack up and head back to Denver. The unit will remain on the house track at Rocky until a train, most likely a BNSF Provo-Denver, can pick up the unit and take it back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111346 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A CAT front loader has a bad wheel set and traction motor on a chain. This was just removed from BNSF 5767, sitting in the house track at Rocky. The loader will take the wheel set to a flat bed truck that is waiting to receive the wheel set so it can be taken back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111345 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A wheel set with a bad traction motor has been removed from BNSF 5767 and has also been removed from the rails that will take it to a flatbed truck, waiting to receive it. A dummy wheel set has been placed under the unit, and it will soon be lower back down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111344 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is railroad equivalent of AAA coming out to do a roadside tire change! A bad traction motor had to be removed from under the unit before the unit could be moved. I suspect the traction motor seized, meaning the wheels were not freely rotating. A dummy wheel set will be placed under the unit so it can be transported (on the rails) to the shop for further repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111343 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF crew has successfully raised the front half of BNSF 5767 off the rails and removed the wheel set with a bad traction motor. A dummy wheel set has been placed on the rails and will be slid under the unit and used until it can get to a shop and have a new traction motor wheel set added. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111342 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You cannot quite see if from this angle, but the front loader has a dummy wheel set attached and it is positioning itself on the house track. The dummy wheel set (meaning it has no traction motor) will temporarily replace the wheel set currently under the unit (that has a traction motor) until the unit can make it to the shop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111341 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About 36 hours ago, this ES44AC was set out in the house track here at Rocky. Typically, an engine is only set out if there is something wrong with the wheels and/or traction motors. Indeed, that appears to be the case here as a crew prepares to remove what is most likely a bad (seized?) traction motor. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111289 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three GEs are on the point of this eastbound BNSF coal empty. Yes, this is indeed a coal empty running east on the Moffat. The train unloaded coal at the power plant in Valmy, NV. The train runs over the Moffat as BNSF has no trackage rights on UP's Overland Route. It will proceed to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, load up, and head back to Valmy, running west (loaded) over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111288 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal empty arrived at Rocky about two hours ago, and has tied down in the siding. The train is waiting for a fresh crew to come out of Denver to take it the rest of the way in. A substantial snow storm, the third since Monday, has moved in and has started to dump was is expected to be 8 to 10 inches of snow in the next 24 hours! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111234 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a rather hazy late October morning, the westbound Zephyr has a standard consist as it glides west on the main track at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111189 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP hyrail driver stands well clear of the right-of-way to give this eastbound military train a roll by at Rocky. His hyrail truck sits on the siding at Rocky. Once the very long train is clear of Rocky, the hyrail will get track and time on the mainline to perform a standard day of inspections along the right-of-way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111136 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very short BNSF manifest is tied down in the siding at Rocky, awaiting a recrew. Note that the derail is set at the east end. This is to protect against the possibility of the train rolling out onto the main track. Were the train to roll, it would be derailed away from the main track. Fortunately, the likelihood of that happening is near zero as the train has hand brakes applied on the train, and the engines are continually charging the brake line to keep the train brakes applied. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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