Photo ID: 112506 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver at the east end of Leyden. Typically, BNSF runs this train in a 3x2 configuration, but on this particular morning, the eastbound is configured 4x1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112503 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7850 heads east through the OS at the east end of Leyden under partly cloudy skies. The train and crew only have 10 (or so) miles remaining in the journey into North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112430 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific May is without a doubt my favorite month in the Denver-Metro area. The foliage has greened up for Spring, and the temperatures generally are not too unbearably hot just yet! Regarding the green scenery, a case-in-point is here at East Leyden as UP's MGJNY heads east for the final ten or so miles toward North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112170 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the West Local airing up, about ready to return to Denver with a string of 41 gondolas that have been stored in the siding of Leyden for six months, the train will have to wait a little bit longer. A westbound UP coal empty charges west on the main track, a freshly painted C44ACM leading the way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112167 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While waiting for the dispatcher to flag the west local onto the siding at Leyden, here is a closeup look at the top of the cab of UP 1358. Note that it was last repainted at North Little Rock (NLR) on October 14, 2021. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112166 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The crew on the West Local is waiting patiently for DS-378 to throw the switch and flag them past a red signal into the siding at Leyden, against a strand of 41 gondolas in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111940 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of units lead a westbound coal empty at a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden. Prior to this train, the last UP coal train I shot on the Moffat was in December 2024. That's not to suggest that was the last one that ran. Only that they are rare enough that I go quite a bit of time in between seeing them these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111917 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Overnight, Amtrak removed AMTK 29 from the Winter Park Express and replaced it with AMTK 45. That unit leads the train as it knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111915 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The final rays of direct sunlight have left as the sun has fully dipped behind the Rocky Mountains. The Winter Park Express slowly rolls east by a red signal at East Leyden. Yes, the signal facing away from the camera for the train was indeed red when it passed. The train stopped and got authority for the dispatcher to proceed east. The dispatcher could not set up a signal for the train as there is a spurious track occupancy on the main between Leyden and Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111890 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver leaves Leyden and approaches the grade crossing at 80th Avenue on a very gloomy, overcast Friday morning. The train met the Ski Train at Rocky and now has a clear shot in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111721 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I really enjoy the westbound morning run of the Winter Park Express toward the start of the season. When the train reaches Leyden, such as in this shot, the sun has just barely crested the horizon to the east, just about 20 minutes after sunrise. The glinting sun off the side of the P42s and seven Superliners just cannot be beat! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111720 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Yesterday morning, thanks to the weather, the Winter Park Express left Leyden in a nice "blue hour" light. This morning, all the clouds have cleared and the Winter Park Express as the Winter Park Express knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden in glorious "golden hour" light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111283 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 179 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver departs from the east end of Leyden on an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal. Three units lead the manifest by a tree that is still sporting fall colors as a lot of snow falls. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111275 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest knocks down the signal at the east end of Leyden, now in the final 12 miles of its journey from Provo, UT to Denver, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110965 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Since the Dotsero Cutoff was completed in the summer of 1934, the owner of the line (Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific) ran manifests between Denver and Salt Lake City. That is, until December 2018 when UP ran the last MRONY (Roper, UT to North Yard, CO). Amazing it has been almost six years since then! Now, UP runs a manifest three days a week between Denver and Grand Junction (and back). Here, the eastbound version of the MGJNY is leaving the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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