Photo ID: 111882 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's hard to get a shot that feels much colder than this. Despite the relative lack of snow on the ground, the thick rime ice that has formed on the vegetation is bone-chilling. A BNSF oil train sits in the siding at Rocky, tied down and patiently waiting for a fresh crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111881 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train is tied down in the siding at Rocky, awaiting a crew to come out of Denver to take it the rest of the way in. Plenty of snow from the Colorado high country is built up on the plow of the lead unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111851 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound oil train meets a westbound at Rocky, the two trains nearly identical in length. The westbound in the siding has just untied the train and the crew is ready to depart west. UP 5919 has clear (green) signals for the remainder of the trip to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111845 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest has a pretty standard configuration with a trio of units on the head end and a pair of DPUs bringing up the rear. On this cold February morning, an SD70ACe and an ES44AC have the duty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111801 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4363 is a Phase 1 SD70M. It was part of the largest single locomotive order at the time, one of 1,000 SD70Ms UP ordered from EMD. Many of those SD70Ms are now in long term storage, but many still roam the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111800 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Roster shot of UP 7052. Originally built as a C44/60AC, and designed to be upgraded to 6000 HP, it has now been rebuilt by UP and is designated as a C44ACM. After a brief push for 6000 HP in the 1990s, 4400 HP has pretty well become the standard horsepower for the last 25 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111799 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific From slightly below track level, we look up at UP's MNYGJ, Manifest from North Yard to Grand Junction. It just about to start continuing the journey west after the westbound Zephyr overtook it here in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111798 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It would seem that BNSF has successfully captured a majority of the manifest traffic that runs over the Moffat. UP's MNYGJ and MGJNY are, more often than not, quite short these days. Such is the case this morning as the MNYGJ sits in the siding at Rocky with only 30 cars in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111797 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The only westbound manifest UP runs on the Moffat is the MNYGJ. Typically, it departs North Yard in the darkest hours of the night. However, for whatever reason, it apparently departed North Yard late today and took the siding at Rocky so that the Zephyr could overtake it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111755 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Four units on the head end and a single DPU provide power on this eastbound coal empty. As light as the coal empty is, I'd bet only the first two units and the DPU are actually online for the journey. The train is wrapping through Little Ten Curve and on the main here at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111732 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is viewed from the north side of the rails at Rocky as it approach the turnout to the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead, seen climbing the 8% grade up the hill to the left. There are a lot of clouds on this mostly overcast morning, allowing for some shots from the usually shady side of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111636 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is a classic shot from the Moffat, but one that I never really get tired of! This eastbound BNSF manifest is on clear (green) signals on the main at Rocky. The DPUs at the end of the train are headed geographically north, but will soon wrap through Little Ten Curve, following the rest of the train eastbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111600 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8854 is holding on the main at the west end of Rocky. Why is it holding on the main? Because it will be meeting an eastbound oil train that is currently above it, on the main at Eisele (Clay). Usually, the first train to arrive for a meet would take the siding, but in this case, the eastbound will hold the siding at Rocky for the westbound Zephyr. The flag on UP 8854 has definitely seen better days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111509 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units lead a westbound oil train at Rocky. The train has no DPUs on the tail end, so it'll have to pick up some after it loads at Wellington, UT, before it departs east. There is a bit of overgrowth on the Rocky Spur leading up the hill from the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111500 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The first run of the Winter Park Express meets BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest, waiting in the siding at Rocky. With the Ski Train now clear of the east switch of Rocky, DS-380 is already setting up a signal for the manifest to depart eastbound and continue in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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