Photo ID: 110904 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two decades ago, coal train dominated the Moffat. Fast forward to the time of this shot and coal has been replaced by oil. A westbound empty sits on the siding at Rocky in the foreground, while an eastbound oil load slows to a stop on the main track at Eisele in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110900 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound empty oil train is stopped in the siding at Rocky and will be holding here for a little while. The westbound Zephyr is going to run around the train on the main, and it will continue to hold for an eastbound loaded oil train as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110893 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Afternoon clouds are starting to roll across the mountains and out onto the Plains. Meanwhile, the Zephyr, cast in shadows, is four hours late as it heads west on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr rolls east on the main at Rocky. In this shot, you can clearly see the difference between welded rail (on the main) and jointed rail (on the siding). Some track equipment is currently tied down on the house track. Note that derails are properly set on both ends of the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110795 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is close to 95°F (35°C) on this last afternoon in July as a very late Zephyr heads west on the main at Rocky. Note some MOW equipment in the house track at Rocky. UP has been doing work on Little Ten and Big Ten Curves over the course of the past month or two. The Zephyr has a standard consist (for 2024), with a pair of P42DCs, baggage car, and seven Superliners. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110784 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From north of Rocky, we see the Zephyr on the main track, headed west. Across the valley, you can clearly see some of the open hoppers used as a wind break on Big Ten Curve. "AWARE" has been spray painted on five of the cars, and all of the cars are pretty well covered in graffiti. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110761 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a very hazy July morning, the Zephyr makes its way west on the main at Rocky, approaching little Ten Curve. The haze in the area is due to (common-in-summer) forest fires currently burning in Oregon and North California. Unfortunately (as far as the smoke goes), the winds are calm and there is no rain in the forecast, so haze it is. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110728 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There aren't too many coal trains left on the Moffat, but there is a westbound empty on the move in the siding here at Rocky. It is meeting the MGJNY, and the meet will come close to being a rolling meet. A rolling meet is a meet in which neither train actually comes to a stop. The coal empty will continue rolling without stopping, but the manifest will come to a stop for about two minutes while the empty clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110727 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With all the different trains and railroads that run on the Moffat (UP, BNSF, Amtrak, the Rocky Moutaineer), it almost seems like a rare event to catch a meet between two UP trains. That is just what is happening here at Rocky as a westbound coal empty rolls through the siding as the Grand Junction to North Yard rolls east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110712 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Under the harsh lighting of mid-day in the summer, a westbound unit oil train, led by UP 1943, charges west on the main track at Rocky. UP 1943 has been making multiple runs on oil trains for the past several weeks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110697 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An early morning westbound pulls west on the main at Rocky by the switch to the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. This time of year, when the days are longest, the sun is on the north side of the tracks here in the morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110600 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5856 leads the eastbound Provo-Denver manifest, sitting in the siding at Rocky. The train had to wait for the westbound Zephyr, which you can now see on the main in the distance (above the manifest), heading west. Alas, the crew of the manifest do not get to release the brakes quite yet as another westbound is coming between Leyden and Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110546 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An (somewhat rare, these days) eastbound UP coal load is stopped on the siding at Rocky. The train is waiting on the westbound Zephyr, which is just a few minutes late and is currently between Leyden and Rocky. Interestingly, the number board on the engineer's side of UP 6942 appears to have halfway popped out of its fixture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110514 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very long (roughly 6,400 feet) BNSF Provo-Denver has just tied down in the siding. The train was originally going to tie down at Cliff, but was too long for the siding. So it continued down to Rocky. Unfortunately, the crew van was not notified of the change and is waiting up at Cliff. The van has now been informed and is on its way to Rocky. Meanwhile, the Zephyr heads north on the main at Eisele (Clay) in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110509 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it heads west on the main at Rocky. BNSF's Provo-Denver is in the siding and the crew just finished tying down the train. Handbrakes have been set on 25 cars, and the crew is now waiting for a crew van to pick them up. Not the Rocky Spur, climbing up an 8% grade, to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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