Photo ID: 106996 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This winter has been a relatively mild one along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Temperatures have been in the 50°Fs on a fairly regular basis and snow has been all but non-existent. So it was quite nice to get a shot of a loaded oil train kicking up some of the white stuff on Martin Luther King Day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106943 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 5, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just as the first run of the 2018 Winter Park Express passes the east switch of Leyden, the sun explodes over the hill to the east, giving the entire scene a wonderful red/orange morning glow. The new Ski Train has eight Baggage Coach Superliners for the trip. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106942 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 5, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is less than ten minutes past dawn as the westbound Winter Park Express (the new Ski Train) approaches a clear signal at the east switch of Leyden. Downtown Denver is already bathed in morning sunlight. The tracks at Leyden still hide in the shadows of the hill to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106889 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 966 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr kicks up some exhaust as it knocks down a clear signal at the east switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106888 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 965 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running on a clear signal, the Zephyr is started to accelerate again after having to slow for the grade crossing at 80th Avenue. It was reported that there were some issues with the gates and, as such, the Zephyr had to slow to 15 MPH to ensure the crossing was clear of cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106887 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1030 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is another beautiful and mild December morning in the Denver-Metro area as the westbound Zephyr, running right on time, approaches a clear signal at the east switch at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106866 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After spending a few hours in the siding at Leyden, BNSF's yard in Denver is finally read for this Provo-Lincoln manifest. DS-86 had issued a crossing protection order for the grade crossing at Simms Street, but the crossing was repaired and the dispatcher contacted the conductor and was voiding the order right around the time this shot was being taken. Had the order not been voided, the train would have had to come to a stop at Simms Street to have the conductor protected the crossing as the train entered it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106865 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Geez, it's almost like it's 2004 again! I don't specifically recall the last time I saw two C44-9Ws, both in Heritage 2 paint, leading a BNSF train on the Moffat (or anywhere, for that matter). Yet, such is the case here as a Lincoln-Denver leaves the siding at Leyden, headed for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106839 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 11, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 985 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At this time of year, when the westbound Zephyr departs Denver right on time, it is almost perfectly backlit on the approach to Leyden. Taking advantage of that fact, I set up for this shot of the Zephyr on a crystal clear Monday morning. A bit of low-lying mist is hanging around the Denver-metro area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106838 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 11, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 987 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Highball Leyden! Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr is about to cross the 80th Avenue grade crossing before knocking down a clear signal at east Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106804 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Denver skyline - and all of the metro area - sits underneath overcast skies that threaten to release a minimal amount of snow. Denver hasn't had more than a trace of snow since October 9th! Meanwhile, a unit sand track (with some borrowed power from BNSF) heads west on the main at East Leyden. The train is headed for the Craig Branch as all the sand is needed for fracking in the Craig area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106803 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1053 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An oil company (or companies?) in the Craig, CO area have need sand for fracking lately. A lot of it! The MNYPHX had a bunch of loaded cars a week ago or so. And then, overnight, a 113-car, 12,400-ton unit sand train arrived at North Yard. It was rumored the train would go west with a 3x4x2 power configuration. However, the powers that be decided to split the train in two. Here, the first half (51 cars) are headed west at Leyden in a 3x(0)x2 configuration. The rest of the hoppers will go west on the MNYPHX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106802 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1011 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Highball Leyden! A unit fracking sand train charges slowly toward a clear signal as it cuts through Arvada. The train is headed for Craig, CO, Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106715 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound MRONY crossing 80th Avenue as it continues east past a green flag. A trio of SD70s lead the train, albeit each one being a slightly different model. An SD70ACe is on the point, followed by a Phase 1 SD70M, and finally a Phase 2 SD70M. The Phase 2 SD70Ms (with their flared radiators) are among my favorite modern engines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106714 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a chilly, overcast morning, an eastbound manifest (Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) departs Leyden on a clear signal. This train departs from Roper on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, typically arriving Denver a day later. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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