Photo ID: 108254 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 905 (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 951 (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 979 (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 1033 (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 1102 (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 1222 (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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106747 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting an eastbound at Rocky, this westbound UP manifest (headed for the Craig Branch) now has a clear signal and is starting to pull. With locomotive emissions as efficient as they are these days, it is difficult to tell that all seven of the units on the train are throttling up! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106744 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1096 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF East meets west at the west switch of Rocky. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver (which is currently moving compass north) meets a westbound UP PBurg Local (which is currently moving compass south). After the meet, the UP train will pull up and around Big Ten and run on the rail near the top of the frame, up at Eisele. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106516 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the west end of Rocky, an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver heads down the main toward little Ten Curve. The fifth unit is a Utah Railway MK50-3. These units time on Utah Railway have come to an end and they are being sent to the KYLE Railroad in eastern Colorado and western Kansas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103526 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1962 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr works its way down in elevation toward Little Ten Curve on the approach to Rocky. The east end of the siding of Clay can be seen in the foreground, now more than a mile behind the Zephyr (by rail). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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