Photo ID: 106346 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A quintet of ES44DCs lead the eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest down the main at Leyden on a snowy January morning. Based on the plow, looks like there is even better snow in the high country. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106334 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As quickly as the two trains (Amtrak and this coal train) showed up, they are both gone! Some good dispatching kept both trains moving and silence prepares to settle back in. Unsure about just how slow the Moffat is right now? These would be the last two trains through Leyden until after sunset! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106333 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The typical view for an eastbound coal train on the Moffat! A trio of mid-train swing helpers. UP has pretty well standardized the practice of running coal...two engines on the point, three in the middle, and one on the end from the mines to Denver. Then, cut out the three in the middle and run east with two on the point and one on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106332 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The tail end of this coal load has just cleared the west switch at Leyden. DS-86 is in the process of throwing the switch and setting up a signal for the Zephyr. The coal train has also received a clear signal at the east end of Leyden, and the mid-train swing helpers are actually throttling up a few notches to accelerate a little. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106331 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As both trains in this shot were moving (and both relatively slowly), I was not sure if I was going to get the power on this eastbound coal train. Fortunately, the last Superliner of the Zephyr got out of the way just in time to reveal both units on the point of the coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106330 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP's DS-86 set up great rolling meet at Leyden between the westbound Zephyr (on the main) and an eastbound coal load (on the siding). If you are unfamiliar with the term "rolling meet", this refers to two trains meeting at siding in which neither train actually has to come to a stop. By the time the coal train reached the east end of the siding, they had a clear signal. Same thing for the Zephyr at the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106329 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr sports an old baggage car and seven Superliners on this chilly morning. Seven Superliners are common in the winter months as that tends to be Amtrak's slow time of year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106309 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I love winter in Colorado. Actually, I love all seasons in Colorado. Getting the heat radiating off a coal train through a telephoto lens at Leyden is great in July when it is 95°F out. Then again, it is also wonderful getting a shot of the Zephyr as it kicks up snow clouds in January when it is -5°F out! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106308 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I can say with total honesty that I would have been very happy to have been on the inside of the Zephyr on this morning. The temperature in this shot had not yet reached 0°F! 6-12 inches of the white stuff fell over the previous two days. Now, the clouds cleared out, meaning the temperatures plummeted. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106307 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1323 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running almost precisely on time, the westbound California Zephyr moves quickly west on the main at Leyden, undeterred by the snow and freezing cold weather. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106306 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There was a time, 15-20 years ago, when you could regularly find a coal train tied down on the siding at Leyden. You could almost count on it. There wouldn't be enough room in the yard, so trains would be held out at Leyden or even Rocky to wait for a relief crew. With the construction of the bypass tracks and the decline in coal, such a sight has become rare. However, such an occurrence did happen the previous night. The crew on this coal train "died" and had to tie the train down in the siding at Leyden. Here, the following morning, the sun is shining brightly and the temperature is a bitter -5°F. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106238 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running about 45 minutes late as it heads west at track speed on the main at Leyden. One of my daughters best friends was on the Zephyr on this day, so we made sure to get track side in order to get a few pictures and hopefully a wave. Which my daughter did get and returned! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106231 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey The circus train, which hasn't run on the Moffat in a decade, returned to the Moffat in 2016! Earlier in the year, the Red Train ran west over the Moffat on its way from Colorado Springs, CO to Las Vegas, NV. Now, at the end of September, the Blue Train heads in to Denver, getting ready for patrons to come and enjoy the greatest show on Earth. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106230 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Many sunflowers are losing their petals as we approach the end of September. A couple still look mighty fine at Leyden as the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus train passes by in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106229 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1428 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey This shot of the circus train really exemplifies just how long the train is. All of the performers and animals, as well as all of the equipment (sound, lighting, gear, etc) travels by train from city to city. For well over a decade, the circus always comes to Denver right around the first week of October. This year is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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