Photo ID: 109990 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When Union Pacific took over the former Grande, one of the first things they did was to at a designation (beyond just the name) to every control point. West Rocky, for example, is "CP DS019". The "CP" represents "Control Point". The "DS" represents "Denver and Salt Lake", the railroad the originally built the route. "019" represents the approximate mile post of this control point. The Zephyr passes through the OS at CP DS019 as it heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109871 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil empty, with seven units (not all loading) on the head end, heads through Little Ten Curve and out of the west end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109843 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 27, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound signal at the west end of Rocky is showing a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is approaching Plain and will meet a UP manifest here at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109807 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6177, which originally entered the world as SP 126, leads a westbound empty oil train out the west end of Rocky after meeting BNSF's Provo-Denver. SP 126 was not originally capable of controlling DPUs. However, it has since had DPU capabilities added. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109451 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF For the past few months, BNSF has occasionally run a loaded westbound coal train up the Moffat. The train is loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and is on its way to Valmy, NV where BNSF has picked up a contract to provide coal for a power plant. BNSF is running the train with three units on the point and three units on the end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109437 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 245 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Rocky, the morning Zephyr is running right on time and, thanks to some good dispatching, the Zephyr ran around a BNSF manifest that has only been sitting in the siding for about 7 minutes! Once the Zephyr is a block ahead, the manifest will get a light to continue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109313 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Two Patrick Henry private cars are catching a ride on the back of the westbound Zephyr as the train passes by a clear (green) signal at the west end of Rocky. Seven Superliners have become the norm on the Zephyr, at least for the time being, in the post-COVID era. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109078 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, currently heading geographically south, is rolling slowly up the grade out of the west end of Rocky. There is currently a 10 MPH slow order through here. I did not hear a specific reason for the slow order. The Zephyr has a typical consist of seven Superliners this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109062 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 30, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The tank cars on this unit oil train cast some long shadows in the evening light as the train proceeds on a clear (green) signal east on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108953 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, BNSF Both P42DCs on the westbound Zephyr have experienced some issues on the journey west. The second P42DC is no longer loading and both are covered in oil. A BNSF ES44C4 was added in Denver to assist with the climb west. The Zephyr is leaving the west end of Rocky and climbing up toward Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108780 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 15, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 931 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) RMR A pair of UP SD70Ms, wearing a "wrap" that is covering the flag and "Union Pacific" in favor of "Rocky Mountaineer", lead the first revenue run of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks". The train is climbing west out of Rocky and climbing up Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108686 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 683 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Crawling along at a mere 10 MPH due to a speed restriction, the westbound Zephyr leaves Rocky behind and starts to really dig in to the grade that will take it up and around Big Ten Loop to Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108663 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 645 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr meets a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo which has had the unfortunately luck of being stuck in the siding for the last five hours. A track maintainer found a track issue around Coal Creek Canyon that required repairing before allowing a train to roll over it. It was fixed in time for the Zephyr, and now the manifest will finally get a green signal to head west. However, the train will only go as far as Pinecliff before taking the siding again for a recrew. The train spent so much time at Rocky, the crew only has another five hours to work. So a fresh crew will take the train to Grand Junction from Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108659 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern After meeting its eastbound counterpart, the Denver-Provo continues to hold the siding at Rocky to meet an eastbound hyrailer! This track maintainer observed a defect in the rail around Coal Creek Canyon that is going to require repair before the westbound can get underway. The hyrailer will meet with a crew from Leyden that will head up to Coal Creek and conduct repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108500 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 2, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 903 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 is just out the west end of Rocky and has come to a stop. It now will wait for DS-80 to throw the switch and flag the unit back east in to the siding and onto the MNYGJ, currently tied down on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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