Photo ID: 113447 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of ES44ACs lead BNSF's Provo-Denver this morning. The tracks at Rocky are not visible from the highway at CO-72, which you can see in the distance (a few cars on it). But the tracks are not far below the horizon as viewed from the highway. From this perspective, we can also see west to Tunnel, and Plain, and even toward Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113446 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About two hours earlier, BNSF's Provo-Denver came down the Moffat and took the siding at Rocky. The conductor tied some hand brakes and aligned the derail in the derail position. The derail exists so that, should the uncrewed train roll east for any reason, it will intentionally derail (away from the main track) before entering the main track. As you can see, a single switch point is creating a break in the south rail, which would result in the train derailing if it started to roll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113438 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Apparently, one of the two P42DCs on the Zephyr was having some mechanical issues in Nebraska overnight, resulting in a delay arriving (and departing) Denver. Here at Rocky, the train is running roughly three hours late as it rolls west on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113382 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF train arrived in the siding here at Rocky about two hours earlier and was promptly tied down. The train is setup in the standard (for BNSF) 3x(0)x3 oil train configuration. Piles of new ties waiting to be installed line both the main and the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113381 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running just a few minutes behind schedule after knocking down a green signal at the east end of Rocky. There are two diners and no lounge cars on the train today. Most likely, a few lounge cars are at Amtrak's repair shops in Beech Grove, IN, meaning there isn't one available for the Zephyr today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113288 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF DS-378 routed the Provo-Denver into the siding at Rocky to meet the westbound Zephyr. As it turns out, 31st Street in Denver wasn't quite ready to take the train yet either, so it would end up having to hold here at Rocky for about an hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113287 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is really well-blocked today. Tank cars, followed by covered hoppers, follows by tank cars...and a box car on the end. Instead of the power being configured in the standard 3x2, this morning is setup in a 4x1 configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113277 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eight car work train heads west on the main at Rocky. The train, which has the symbol WNYNYT-27, is headed for the siding at Plain. The "W" at the start of the train symbol indicates this is a work train. The "T" at the end of the symbol (before the date: "-27") indicates the work train is a tie train. As you can see, the gondolas are filled with ties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113276 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the dozens of piles of ties along the right-of-way suggest, UP is currently in the midst of a substantial maintenance program on the Moffat. New ballast has been laid, and ties and tie plates are being replaced. Not one, but two work trains are both seen in this shot. One work train is coming out of the house track at Rocky, and another came out of the storage yard at North Yard and is headed for Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113269 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP maintenance workers are dealing with a "hot rail" on the main. The westbound Zephyr is approaching, providing plenty of bell and whistle to warn the MOW workers. In addition to the work train in the house track, there is a bit of a gathering in the dirt parking lot as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113266 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A Union Pacific work train is just getting started on the work ahead. UP 6927 has pulled a few cars out of the house track at Rocky, and is going to leave a gondola on the siding to pick up some more cars from the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113233 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning westbound Zephyr, running right on time, has just met an eastbound BNSF manifest that is tying down in the siding at Rocky. Black and white seemed appropriate as the Zephyr makes its way through Little Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113232 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the shortest BNSF Provo-Denver manifests I've seen, comprised entirely of tank cars, is in the process of tying down in the siding at Rocky. The conductor has just set the derail and is walking back to the lead unit. If you are wondering how you can tell this is not an oil train, the lack of a buffer car (typically a covered hopper) right after the lead power is a dead tell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113090 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver has slowed to a stop on the main at Rocky. The westbound Zephyr departed just a few minutes late and is on its way west in Barbara's Gulch. Not quite sure why DS-378 held BNSF on the main rather than routing them into the siding. It is also a fairly short manifest today. Maybe 40-45 cars. No DPUs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113037 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 368 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a westbound coal empty (which is visible in the distance), UP's thrice-weekly MGJNY is ready to roll east out of Rocky toward North Yard in Denver. The train is quite short this morning, with only 30 cars or so (give or take). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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