Photo ID: 110099 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The biggest blizzard of the winter thus far has hit! In addition to the falling snow, it is a very cold -5°F (-21°C). The signal at the east end of Leyden show a clear (green over red) signal for the morning Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110010 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can clear see the derail is set here at the east end of Leyden as a 6,400 foot long string of empty well cars sits in the siding without power. It appears that there will be no meets here at Leyden for the foreseeable future, as these cars appears to be in storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109980 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AC and a AC4400CW bring up the tail end of an eastbound loaded oil train at the east switch of Leyden. The train is headed to one of the Bypass tracks in Denver where on of the two DPUs here will be removed before the train continues its journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109926 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the middle of fall, the Zephyr was consistently running with six Superliners (two sleepers, a diner, a lounge car, and two coaches). Once we got in to November, a transition sleeper showed up, giving the train seven Superliners. On this morning, there is actually a third coach, so the train has eight Superliners as it highballs east Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109925 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr approach a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Leyden. The train is crossing the grade crossing at 80th Avenue. Indeed, you can tell that the ditch lights are currently oscillating as the result of the horn being blown for the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109743 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the past eight years, GE has produced 1,117 "Tier 4" units for US railroads, including 300 for BNSF. That may seem like a lot, but when you consider the immediate predecessor (ES44AC/DC/C4) had 6,451 units produced, you can see the difference. The train held for about 15 minutes at east Leyden while waiting for maintenance to clear up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109732 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 228 (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 291 (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 270 (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 264 (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 302 (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 275 (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 335 (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 301 (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 274 (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.

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