Photo ID: 107968 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1030 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Here is a scene that looked dramatically different 25 years ago! This was once "rural" west Arvada, but now just as much "suburb" as any other part of Arvada. The siding of Leyden is now among a few neighborhoods and Ralston Valley High School. BNSF's Provo-Denver glides east on the siding amidst the suburban scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107967 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1047 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three C44-9Ws, all still wearing their original Heritage 2 paint scheme, roll slowly east through the siding at Leyden. The train will be stopping briefly because a UP train is setting out a bad order car at Utah Junction, blocking the main. Note the cars, clearly blocked, in the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107873 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 26, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 and UP 9072 lead an Officer's Special west on the Moffat at Leyden. A senior UP official is retired and UP is capping off his career with a run of this train that he and his family (and likely others) rode. The train ran from Denver to Grand Junction. Tomorrow, it will return to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107863 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1179 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP coal train that loaded at the Axial Mine and is headed for the Joint Line rolls east on the main at Leyden. The train had to stop briefly on the main, but is now starting to roll east again past some sunflowers and foliage. The train has clear signals in to Yard Track 2 at North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107862 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The first coal train to load at Axial and leave the Craig Branch in 10 years slowly rolls down the main at Leyden. There are some nice sunflowers and thistles in bloom in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107861 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1222 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sunflowers are in bloom at Leyden as an eastbound coal load slowly rolls down the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107860 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1177 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There are two coal mines on the Craig Branch: Energy and Axial. Since 2009, only Energy has been loading coal trains that run off the branch. Axial has been loading trains that are "captive", remaining on the branch providing coal for power plants in the Steamboat Springs area. However, that recently changed and here is a shot of the first coal train to load at Axial and come off the Craig Branch in a decade! The symbol is the CAITM-09. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107859 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1081 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load slows to a stop on the main at Leyden. The onboard PTC computers had an issue and mistakenly believed the train was on the siding when in fact it is on the main. After stopping, the crew corrected the issue and continued east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107769 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 26, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is down to only seven Superliner, which is typical as we move in to the winter months. The train is approaching a clear signal (obscured by the tree) at West Leyden. Off in the distance, you can see the hopper on Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107768 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 26, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about four hours late, the westbound Zephyr passes through a great fall scene at Leyden. Most of the trees have lost most of their leaves, but some are still lingering. The Zephyr has its typical consist on this October morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107719 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of an eastbound empty grain train at Leyden. The train was rerouted over the ex-Grande due to a derailment in Wyoming that has two of the three mainlines blocked. Fortunate that UP has the Moffat as an auxiliary route for the Overland. Well, for everything except double stacks... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107718 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Due to a tragic collision on the Overland in Wyoming (about 20 miles west of Cheyenne), UP ha been rerouting some trains (mainly grain empties) over the Moffat. Here, one such rerouted empty is on the main at Leyden, approach an advanced approach signal at the east end. The train will tie down in the North Yard siding for the time being upon arrival in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107653 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 26, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF A westbound UP coal empty is led by a highly colorful consist in to the siding at Leyden. The train, led by BNSF 8001, will meet an eastbound BNSF manifest here in the siding. BNSF 8001 is an ES44C4, which were primarily designed for fast trains over (relatively) flat routes. Interesting to see one on a coal train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107600 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of elephant-style GEs leads up this eastbound manifest at Leyden. The paint schemes takes us through the years of BNSF. A New Image leads, followed by a Heritage 2, and then the original Heritage "Goat Boat". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107599 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1336 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver rolls slowly down the main at Leyden. The train had an approach (yellow) signal at the west end as it is following a slow moving coal load. If you look down the tracks a bit on the siding, you'll note the house track at Leyden. Once upon a time (when Rocky Flats was still around), the house track almost always had some hopper cars on it that the West Local would switch. These days, however, it is typically empty and full of weeds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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