Photo ID: 107000 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1630 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty meets an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest at Leyden. The coal empty is headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. For the trip east, two of these units will be on the east end, three will be mid-train DPUs, and one will be the sole DPU on the tail end. It is also worth mentioning that this picture marks the 7000th picture on ColoradoRailfan.com! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106999 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is not super common to find a train with a single engine on the point, particularly on the Moffat. However, when BNSF runs an empty sand train, the power tends to be configured with one unit on the point and a single DPU on the back. All these covered hoppers are empty, so the train is (relatively) light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106998 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a snowstorm 24 hours earlier, the storm and clouds moved out overnight, bringing in an arctic chill! An eastbound empty BNSF sand train rolls east on a yellow signal at Leyden in the morning light of the 7°F day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106995 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1506 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Despite the fact that "green and cream" SD70MACs were very plentiful on Joint Line coal trains, these units have never had much of a presence on BNSF trains on the Moffat. So it is always nice to come across one, such as on this eastbound oil train that is headed out of Leyden. The SD70MAC is the final DPU on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106994 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1609 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Finally! Snow! It has been 25 days since there was any measurable snow in the Denver-Metro area, but a quick moving storm dropped several inches of the white stuff on this day. An eastbound BNSF loaded oil train rolls down the main at Leyden on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106993 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1503 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train, which loaded in Wellington, UT, makes it way through some freshly fallen snow at Leyden. A few flakes are still falling, though the storm is starting to wind down. It was a chilly 17°F out! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106941 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's a beautiful, clear January day as a matched set of ES44s (well, technically an ES44AC sandwiched in between two ES44C4s) roll slowly through the siding at Leyden. As you can see based on the sign to the right, main track speed limit is 45 MPH at this spot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106940 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A matched set of Evolution Series GEs leads an eastbound manifest on the siding at Leyden. The train is a good length and, as is generally the case with BNSF trains on the Moffat, it is primarily composed of tank cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106939 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Afternoon winter lighting calls for high contrast black and white! An eastbound Provo-Lincoln manifest slowly rolls along in the siding at Leyden. The Grand Junction based crew does not have enough time remaining to make it in to Denver, so a relief crew will greet the train at the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106927 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific To kick off 2018, the first train I caught was a westbound empty taking the siding at Leyden on New Years Day. The Zephyr is running 4 1/2 hours late and, as a result, the empty is taking the siding to let the Zephyr pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106864 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This train is symboled as the CDRWE9-14. This is the same symbol that has found a solid set of CSX units leading a couple times over the last few months. This time around, it appears that CSX power was swapped out for UP power when CSX handed the train over to UP. A new ET44AH leads the train west at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106863 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AH leads a westbound coal empty on the main at Leyden. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifest sits in the siding at Leyden. The train has been here for a few hours while the yard in Denver works to find a spot for them. Soon after meeting the coal empty, it'll finally be their turn to roll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106843 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of units push on the end of a westbound BNSF manifest at Leyden. On this particular morning, I was without my standard cameras for awhile, so this shot was actually taken with my iPhone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106842 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BCR, BNSF A British Columbia C40-8M (now owned by Canadian National) assists BNSF's Denver-Provo on the journey west. BC Rail and Canadian National both got a lot of these cowl units with the walkways on the inside. Presumably so they are easier to navigate in rough winter weather. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106841 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF The Moffat has seen a lot of foreign power lately. CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, and British Columbia have all appeared on the Moffat. And just within the last two weeks! Two of those railroads were on this train. Here, the CP unit is third out on the Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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