Photo ID: 114189 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Cannot ask for better conditions than this, as the westbound Zephyr charges out of the west end of Rocky. This has the potential to be the last shot I take of the "standard" Zephyr of the last few decades. What do I mean by that? Both P42DCs are Phase 5, the baggage car is Phase 3, and all the Superliners are Phase 4b. Increasingly, as Amtrak shifts toward Phase 7 (including with the cars), it is more and more likely to see at least one Phase 7 engine or car on the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114077 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr was lucky enough to receive not one, but two heritage units on this westbound run! AMTK 130 (Phase 2) and AMTK 164 (Phase 4) lead the Zephyr by the west end of Rocky, on a 15 MPH slow order (due to heat). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113999 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 8, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With school complete, as we move into the summer months, Amtrak has expanded the Zephyr to eight Superliners from seven. A third coach has been added, which is quite common with higher demand in the summer. The Zephyr is only moving along at 10 MPH, due to a heat restriction on Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113998 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 8, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Rocky, the unique yellow nose of AMTK 203 leads the Zephyr west toward Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113577 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 125 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west switch of rocky, the westbound Zephyr is sporting a colorful consist as it climbs toward Big Ten Curve, running precisely on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113271 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak While you will no doubt immediately see the Zephyr here at the west switch of Leyden, you might not immediately see that there are in fact two trains in this shot. The manifest visible up the hillside is an eastbound UP manifest that is waiting in the siding at Eisele (Clay) for the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113270 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Rocky, the westbound Zephyr charges west on the climb on the north side of Big Ten. The Zephyr this morning is running with the standard winter consist of seven Superliners. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113009 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog Union Pacific is starting a significant maintenance project on the Moffat. It appears they are going to re-ballast much of the line (if not the entire thing). They are also going to re-tie the Moffat Tunnel itself. Here, a ballast train was preparing to head west and drop ballast. Unfortunately, the train broke the drawbar on the lead ballast car, so it is not going anywhere anytime soon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112658 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As the Rocky Mountaineer enters the siding at the west end of Rocky, a westbound BNSF oil empty sits on the main, headlight dim, waiting for the passenger train to clear the switch so the oil cans can continue on their journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112648 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting a Provo-Denver here at Rocky, the Zephyr has already accelerated back up to track speed as it blasts through the OS at the west end of Rocky. Union Pacific gives IDs to all control points, in addition to names. As you can see, the control point ID here at West Rocky is "CP DS019". The "DS" comes from "Denver and Salt Lake", David Moffat's railroad that built the line well over a century ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112622 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Rocky, two conductors (one of which might be a trainee) watch as a UP track worker helps to align the switch from the siding to the main. DS-380 has been unable to throw the switch under power this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112557 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After several weeks of overcast, gloomy morning, there isn't a cloud in the sky as the Zephyr departs the west end of Rocky, starting the climb up Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112420 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is departing the siding at Rocky. However, the train is not going to be picking up any speed as there is currently a 10 MPH slow order here after a derailment last Friday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112128 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7244 and train charge west out of Rocky, making the climb up toward Big Ten Curve. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver, which is currently tied down, just barely cleared the west switch of Rocky. Engineers have a distance counter in the cab. When the head end was clear of the west switch, the engineer started the distance counter, counting down from the length of the entire train. When it reached zero, the engineer knew the DPUs were clear of the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr is out of its 10 MPH speed restriction around Big Ten, and is accelerating to track speed as it meets a westbound UP oil train at Rocky. The conductor from the UP train is out of view behind the lead unit, giving a roll by to the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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