Photo ID: 108439 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 759 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An empty UP coal train blasts out the west end of Rocky on its way west. The train has 143 cars and is nearly 8,000 feet long. The original symbol had the train headed for the Antelope Mine in Wyoming, but the termination point was changed to Provo, UT. The reason? Not entirely sure. Perhaps the train will load at the Savage load out near Price? Perhaps the cars are going in to storage? Only UP knows for sure... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108409 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 795 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single SD70M leads a ten car passenger special west through Little Ten Curve at toward a clear west signal at Rocky. The train is heading west to Helper, UT. Who all is on the train? Well, that's open to speculation! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108405 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 753 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short Provo-Denver, with two units on the point and a single unit on the tail end, descend down from Big Ten Loop toward a clear signal at the west switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108372 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr comes out of west Rocky on an Approach (yellow) signal. The Zephyr has what has become a typical seven Superliner consist. Standard in the current days of the pandemic. Typically, at this time of year, the train would have eight or nine Superliners. Waiting in the siding at Eisele (Clay) is BNSF's Provo-Denver. It has 54 cars today, with four on the point and two DPUs on the tail end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108369 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 730 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the MNYGJ climbs out of Rocky, it is soon going to have a minor issue. The train is currently operating using a PTC software program called "Trip Optimizer". That software will crap out just ahead, causing the power on the train to drop to idle. The engineer will shut the software down and manually throttle the train back up. The train slowed to about 3 MPH when that happened, but the engineer kept it from stalling out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108368 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 778 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGJ climbs west out of Rocky and toward Big Ten Loop. It will meet BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest at Eisele (Clay), which is visible a few hundred feet higher in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108355 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 13, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 684 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest heading for Provo wrap around and through Little Ten Curve, approaching a clear signal at the west end of Rocky. The train just passed by a UP rail train, holding the main between switches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108278 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 705 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MNYGJ is starting to slow down a bit as the 7,000 foot train starts to really hit the grade climbing up out of Rocky and toward Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108277 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 711 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Yesterday's MNYGJ could not depart until today do to a shortage of rested crews in Denver. With an afternoon departure, the train is about to knock down a clear signal at West Rocky and climb up Big Ten. The train is just over 7,000 feet long! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108254 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At first glance, it certainly may appear as though the Zephyr and the UP manifest are headed the same direction on parallel tracks. While they are indeed both heading geographically south right now, they are on the same track. The Zephyr is climbing out of Rocky and will go around Big Ten Loop, ascending in elevation up to Eisele where the UP manifest is waiting to meet the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108213 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 22, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 716 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Whereas coal used to be the main commodity on the Moffat, with as many as 9 loads and 9 empties running in a 24 hour period in 2007, today it has become extremely scarce! The Moffat will now go days, weeks, or even months between coal trains. I was lucky to catch one on the second day of summer, seen here climbing west out of Rocky toward Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107972 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 773 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound oil train wraps around the long, steady curve at Little Ten Loop, West Rocky, and climbing toward Big Ten Loop on a beautiful January morning. Tunnel 1 can be seen off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107898 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 15, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 825 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Some lumber from the west slope of Colorado passes in the foreground at the west switch of Rocky as the power on the MGJNY wraps out of Little Ten Loop and heads down the train away toward East Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107890 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 15, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 854 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Approaching the west switch of Rocky, the California is running about two hours late, but has clear signals westbound. It'll meet an eastbound waiting in the siding at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106813 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1018 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF An eastbound light power move highballs west Rocky while a westbound sand train sits on the main at Eisele. Shortly before this shot was taken, the light power moved met the sand train. The sand train has not departed yet because the dispatcher is having difficulty getting the west switch at Eisele to throw from the siding to the main. 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