Photo ID: 106099 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1419 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey It was an extremely rainy day on this particular Monday in June. Various areas along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains saw multiple inches of rain within an hour or two. Such weather did not deter the Circus Train! For the first time since 2005, the train ran west over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106098 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey One of my favorite engines (since anything with a Spartan cab) is the SD70M. Specifically, the SD70M with the slightly-flared radiators. A pair of them, along with an ES44AC, lead the Circus Train west at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106097 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey For the first time in over 10 years, the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus train ran over the Rio Grande between Denver and Salt Lake City. It last ran this way in 2005, before being routed over the Overland. However, the retirement of the elephants from the show last year apparently alleviated concerns over running through the Moffat Tunnel. As a result, we have this picture here! The Circus Train knocks down a clear signal at the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106068 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1351 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific installed new signals (to replace the old Rio Grande signals) at East Leyden eight months ago, yet the new signals have not yet been activated. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the opportunity to continue shooting the old signal, I just find it interesting that the new signals have sat there, inactive, for that length of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106004 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 26, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1357 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The dial on my Canon 7D that controls the mode the camera is in (shutter preferred, aperture preferred, manual, etc) recently broke off! The (plastic) rod connecting the dial snapped in half. As a result, my camera is currently stuck in "aperture preferred" mode. I wish it could have been stuck in shutter preferred! As the special passed by me at Leyden, I was unable to knock the aperture down in order to get the shutter speed fast enough to avoid a little bit of motion blur. Ah well, what are you gonna do? I still thought the shot worth posting as you don't see a special like this every day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106003 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 26, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As you can imagine, it is pretty easy for a light consist like this to make track speed! The testing special is cruising along at near 60 MPH as it heads back toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105959 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After spending a few months at the Transportation Technology Center east of Pueblo, EMD's SD70ACe-T4s are ready for some more testing. A UP crew has the consist on the roll at Leyden. The train is headed for Tabernash and will begin testing the next day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105945 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Some fellow railfans, both wearing Cumbres & Toltec shirts, happened to be at Leyden to greet the westbound Zephyr on this May morning. The offered up some waves and the Zephyr offered up a couple horn blasts! The Zephyr is running on clear signals and would have clear sailing for many miles to come. The next eastbound is also the Zephyr, west of Grand Junction when this picture was taken! Yep...the Moffat has slowed down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105944 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One of my favorite pictures thus far in 2016! The westbound Zephyr makes its way past a clear signal at East Leyden. I decided to get a little artsy, though, and added some "tilt shift" to the image. Basically, the edges of the frame are a bit blurred to draw attention to the subject: Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105829 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1434 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I'm guessing the 90 HPT (give or take) is probably sufficient to keep the West Local moving up the grade of the Moffat. The local is actually not headed for the Rocky Spur on this particular Wednesday. It is instead headed for East Portal! The tank car is filled with gas for the backup generator for the Moffat Tunnel's ventilation system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105828 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local crosses 80th Avenue on the approach to the east switch of Leyden. The crew is looking at a yellow (approach) signal and will stopped for a few minutes at the west end to allow a track inspector to clear up off the track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105781 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1350 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44C4 bring up the tail end of the Provo-Denver trackage rights manifest at Leyden. The BNSF manifests that run on the Moffat are generally dominated by tank cars and this one is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105760 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1721 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local kicks up some snow at Leyden as it makes a late afternoon journey westward. With the cleanup of Rocky Flats long since complete and the loss of a customer (Mesa Oil moved from their location on Chem Spur), there is only one customer left for the local to serve. The aggregate plant at the north end of the Rocky Spur. With the loss of business and decrease in rail demand, this is only the second West Local of the year! And it only has five covered hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105664 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 28, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific How's this for an interesting site!? The MRONYX (Extra Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) has a sole DPU on the tail end...well, almost the tail end! A single covered hopper is behind the unit. Most likely, this covered hopper was picked up by the train somewhere between Grand Junction and Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105663 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 28, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1577 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The classic Rio Grande searchlight signals that have stood for decades at East Leyden won't be standing much longer! As you can see in this picture, new signals have been erected and are merely waiting to be activated. Once that is done, the old signals will come down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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