Photo ID: 106004 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 26, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1420 (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 1474 (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 1412 (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 1296 (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 1437 (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 1507 (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 1409 (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 1413 (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 1794 (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 1495 (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 1665 (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. Photo ID: 105589 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The new signal control box at East Leyden will be located on the (geographic) west side of the tracks instead of the east side of the tracks as the old control box is. This does make sense as signal crews will be able to access the box from the maintenance road without having to cross the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105588 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As sunlight starts to come over the hill, the work at East Leyden is apparent. UP is in the process of replacing the signals at the east switch. West Crescent and East Cliff were the first signals to be replaced along the Moffat. That happened nearly 15 years ago! Now, some of the last Rio Grande signals will come down, giving way to new, taller, brighter, LED signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105587 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On my way to work, I stopped by East Leyden and got a few pictures of the work UP is doing to install new signals. This is likely the last picture I'll ever take of the classic Rio Grande signal standing alone. By this afternoon, the new signal (laying on the ground in this shot) will be erected (behind the existing signal), turned off to the side until it is time to activate it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105586 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1301 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP has erected a new eastbound signal on the main at East Leyden. While I am sad to see the classic Rio Grande signals go, it is always good to see investment in the Moffat. In addition, crews will no doubt be very happen to have new, bright LED signals that can be seen much clearer than the old signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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