Photo ID: 109732 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Moffat has been averaging one oil train each direction per day for the past few months. BNSF seems to be averaging one oil train each way every other day. Not long before sunset, an eastbound oil train crosses 80th Avenue, leaving Leyden behind, as it continues toward Denver and points east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109423 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5260 is looking at an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) here at this signal at east Leyden. However, while the train has a signal that would allow it to proceed, it is currently stopped for reasons that were not clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109412 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of nicely painted UP units leads an 11 car Officer's Special passenger train east out of Leyden. This would end up being one of four passenger trains to run on the Moffat on this day. Earlier, the westbound Zephyr and the westbound Rocky Mountaineer ran. Later in the evening, the eastbound Zephyr would also come through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109411 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After decades of seeing flags on the nose of approaching UP units, it is time to go back to mostly yellow with the UP Shield. UP has updated their official paint scheme, and UP 6454 is sporting it as it leads an Officer's Special east through Leyden. It will continue on to Cheyenne today and ultimately back to Omaha, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109339 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound BNSF coal empty, leaving the siding at Leyden and continuing east toward BNSF's 31st Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109338 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While it is rather uncommon to find coal train on the Moffat these days, it is even less common to find an eastbound empty coal train...but that's exactly what we have here. After meeting the Zephyr, this eastbound BNSF coal empty is pulling back out onto the main at East Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109337 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at Leyden, the dispatcher got the switch thrown and an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) set up for this BNSF coal train very quickly. Here, the eastbound is approaching said signal, ready to roll back out on to the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109335 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Highball Leyden! the standard pair of P42DCs lead a baggage car and seven Superliners west through the east switch of Leyden as the way west. The Zephyr lost nearly three hours between Omaha and Lincoln last night, so it is doing its best to make up some time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109334 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A three hour late Zephyr is doing its best to make up time as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden, crossing over 80th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109280 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP oil train passes the east switch of Leyden at CP DS012 with a BNSF C44-9W the second spot. That BNSF unit will be cut out in Denver so it can be returned to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109037 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 265 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8020 is a rebuilt GP40, now considered a GP40-3. It was delivered to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in April 1969. After its service on the B&O, it spent time with leasing company GATX, Burlington Northern, leasing company CORP, and leasing company HMBX, before finally landing a spot on the Rocky Mountaineer roster. This is the first revenue run of the Rocky Mountaineer ("Rockies to the Red Rocks") for 2023. The train just knocked down a clear (green) signal at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109036 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The first revenue run for the 2023 season, RMRX 8020 is about to knock down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden. The Rocky Mountaineer runs from now through October. The train departs Denver westbound on Sundays and Wednesdays and departs Moab eastbound on Mondays and Thursdays, arriving in Denver on Tuesdays and Fridays. The train does not run on Saturdays. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108725 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 615 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific Five red HLCX units look a bit unusual on the Moffat, training behind three UP units coming east out of Leyden and crossing 80th Avenue. Note a UP MOW truck sitting on either side of the tracks, waiting to pick up some track and time after the manifest clears. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108608 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 567 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It has been raining off and on all day, which has helped to really saturate the colors as the MGJNY comes rolling east out of Leyden. This is now one of only six (regularly scheduled) manifests that UP runs on the Moffat in the course of any given week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108607 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 594 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Leyden, just about nine miles west of UP's North Yard, a trio of GEs lead the thrice-weekly manifest from Grand Junction to North Yard tries to stay ahead of the rain as storm clouds roll east off the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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