Photo ID: 111344 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 285 (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 246 (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 293 (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 237 (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 325 (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 317 (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 315 (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 264 (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 286 (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. Photo ID: 111135 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44ACs sit on the tail end of this eastbound BNSF manifest, currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. Like most BNSF manifests on the Moffat, the train is primarily comprised of tank cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111134 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF A pair of ES44ACs, one Canadian Pacific and one BNSF, bring up the rear of BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest, currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. The train is actually quite short, at only 3,100 feet in the length, meaning the back half of the train is not wrapped around Little Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111133 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF It was a nice surprise to find this Canadian Pacific ES44AC as one of two DPUs on the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver. Not that we see CP units in Denver particularly often, but knowing the lifespan of this paint scheme is officially limited with the creation of CPKC, it's always good to get some shots. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111132 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 305 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Last night at around 11:30pm, this BNSF Provo-Denver manifest showed up here at Rocky and tied down in the siding. 10 hours later and a relief crew has not yet show up to take the train the remainder of the way in to town. The train is actually quite short, too, compared to the average manifest BNSF runs on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111129 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Two Rocky Mountaineer crewmembers are on the ground, trying to find an air leak. The engineer noticed the leak in the cab and the crew are now literally listening to see if they can hear where the leak is coming from. Within about 10 minutes, the leak will be found and sealed, and the train will continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111128 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Right at the switch where the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead leaves the mainline at Rocky, the Rocky Mountaineer has rolled to a stop. There is an air issue and the crew is stopping to investigate. This lead unit, RMRX 8600, has an SD45 car body, but it an SD40-2 internally. The unit is on a long term lease from Horizon Rail Leasing. It will act as a substitute when one of the GP40-3s is having mechanical issues, such as today. The Mountaineer is doing this rather than leasing SD70Ms from UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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