Photo ID: 108434 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One of the "Big Game" P42DCs leads the westbound Zephyr on the main at Rocky by a short UP work train sitting in the siding. The train is coordinating with maintenance guys on the ground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108354 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 13, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The two largest railroads both in the western United States and the United States as a whole. BNSF exercises their trackage rights on the Moffat with a BNSF Denver-Provo manifest which is passing by a loaded UP rail train that is holding on the main. The Denver-Provo is a "key train" today, meaning it is restricted to a maximum speed on the main and restricted to 10 MPH when in the siding and meeting or passing trains. So it is creeping along west here amid an afternoon July storm out on the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108353 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 13, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 684 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A loaded rail trains sits stopped on the main at Rocky as a westbound BNSF manifest overtakes the train, coming through the siding. An afternoon thunderstorm rolls east out on to the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108276 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 706 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The first 13 cars behind the head end power on the MNYGJ will actually be set out on the house track at Granby. 12 of the cars are filled with fresh, new ties, presumably to be used on the Moffat. An ES44AH, an AC4400CW, and an SD70M lead up the MNYGJ this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108260 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 745 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Near the east end of Rocky, the number of tracks expands from two to four for a short distance. The track on the far left is the house track. If you are not familiar with that term, a house track is usually a few hundred feet long and is often found alongside a siding. If a train needs to set out a car for some reason, a house track is a great place to put it so as not to have to block the entire siding. The track on the far right is the Rocky Spur, which runs about 4 miles to the north. the MGJNY here is rolling east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108253 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 708 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a somewhat cloudy morning as the westbound Zephyr makes its way west on the main at Rocky. A P40DC, AMTK 824, is leading up the train this today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108220 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 703 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo is on the main at Rocky. In the foreground is the main part of Big Ten Curve. As the crow flies, the train is about 1/2 mile away from the curve. By rail, however, it is still close to two miles away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108042 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The cab of BNSF 9135 is currently empty! The crew brought this coal load to a stop here at Rocky nearly four hours earlier, before sunrise. The train was tied down, the derail at the east end of the siding was set, and the crew was picked up. Not sure if there wasn't a rested crew available to take the train to town in the pre-dawn hours, or if the yard said the train couldn't come in yet. Either way, was happy to find it still sitting out at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108041 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 722 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's been awhile since one of these has run on the Moffat, but overnight, a BNSF coal load (from Utah) descended the front range and parked in the hole at Rocky. The all-EMD trio on the head end was a welcome site! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108040 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 22, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 782 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Passing the east switch of the House Track on the siding at Rocky, this train is slowing to a stop in order to wait for a recrew and space in the yard. The elephant-style power on the head end is a good representation of power over the last few decades with a C44-9W, an ET44C4, and an ES44C4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107971 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While hopper cars once dominated the Moffat (on coal trains), today it tends to be tank cars (for oil) that are most commonly found. While a unit tank train is obviously going to up that count, most BNSF manifests on the Moffat consist primarily of tank cars as well. This unit oil train is headed to Utah for loading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107970 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 704 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An empty BNSF oil train makes its way west on the main at Rocky. Oil trains have rather disappeared from the Moffat in the last year or so, but have suddenly reappeared at the end of 2019 and start of 2020. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107912 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 979 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the entire train (all five cars of it, along with the power) back on the mainline at Rocky, crew members work to lock up the switch for the main and the derail (out of frame). Once complete, the crew members will hop on and the train will make the 14 mile journey back to North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107911 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 975 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The switch for the Rocky Spur (off the main) is roughly even with the west switch for the house track on the siding. Before continuing back to town, one of the crew members will align the derail on the spur (toward the bottom of the frame) back to the derail position. Just in case any cars come rolling down the spur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107906 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 882 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The privately own passenger car Sierra Hotel was on the back of the Westbound Zephyr on this morning. It is a bitter sweet trip for the Sierra Hotel as this is the final trip for the car. It will head back to Chicago on the back of the Eastbound Zephyr in a few days. The car's owner has been running it for 27 years and has said that it is time to retire it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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