Photo ID: 114203 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF The westbound Canyon Spirit sits in the siding at Rocky, the conductor on the ground to give a roll by to this eastbound BNSF oil train. Between the two trains, we have power from four railroads! Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer, CSX, and BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113994 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 8, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF I'm always happy to come across a (former) Montana Rail Link unit on a BNSF train. If you are reading this comment and are not familiar, BNSF bought out MRL at the start of 2025. BNSF took over MRL's rail lines and property, including all motive power. The MRL SD70ACes have been shuffled into the fleet, though they never lead, as they are not PTC-equipped. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113993 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 8, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver rolls east on the main track at Rocky. At the end of 2025, UP invested a lot into maintenance on the Moffat, including replacing thousands of ties. Many of the old ties are piled up to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113591 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Alas, the clouds were out in force this morning, so the shutter speed was a bit low on this telephoto shot of CSX 1981, the Pan Am Railways heritage unit, lead a westbound coal empty at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113590 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific A bit of a surprise on the Moffat this morning, as a pair of CSX units (and a UP unit) lead a westbound coal empty. Even more surprising was CSX 1981 on the point. Along with Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak, CSX has a "heritage unit" program. The lead unit is the heritage unit for Pan Am Railways. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113588 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 183 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr just passed by some maintenance equipment in the siding and house track at Rocky. The Zephyr is about 25 minutes late this morning. UP's yard transfer between BNSF's 31st Street Yard and UP's North Yard was temporarily blocking the Zephyr down at Prospect Jct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113587 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A couple of track maintainers are prepping a track regulator in the house track at Rocky, getting ready to do some work today. Meanwhile, the last train for the next several hours, BNSF's Provo-Denver, rolls by eastbound on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113561 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The day is coming when Amtrak's Phase 5 units will pass into history and essentially all locomotives will sport the Phase 7 scheme. For now, the Phase 7 scheme is still something of a novelty, and it was nice catching AMTK 79 wearing the new paint on the point of the Zephyr this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113492 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GEs leads a westbound coal empty on the main at Rocky. Piles of used ties line the siding, waiting to be picked up. UP has been involved in a major maintenance project, replacing ties, tie plates, and ballast for the past several months. The project is finally nearly completion, save for a bit of cleanup work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113447 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 191 (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 194 (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 192 (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 165 (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 216 (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 206 (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.

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