Photo ID: 111272 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Nine BNSF units and a single Ferromex unit are all on the point of an eastbound Provo-Denver manifest on the main at Leyden. Only the first three units are actually online (working). The trailing five are just along for the ride! The train is approaching an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) at the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111271 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver has a long string of power this morning as it roles through Leyden. Eight units on the point, only three of which are online, and two DPUs on the end. The snow that fell 24 hours prior has melted below about 6,000 feet, but snow still clings to the foothills in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111264 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This open gondola, tied down in a string of over 100 gondolas in the siding at Leyden, seems to contain a but of metal cubes. Not entirely sure what they are, or why they are sitting in a gondola that is being stored at Leyden for an indeterminate amount of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111263 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the start of 2024, UP tied down a long string of empty well cars in the siding of Leyden for long term storage. The cars stayed in the siding for roughly four months. Now, it seems that Leyden is once again host to cars in need of being stored! A string of over 100 gondolas has been tied down in the siding at Leyden for about a month. How long will they remain here? That is anybody's guess! Even when Leyden is not plugged up with stored cars, UP avoid using it for meets. Over the years, the residents of the (new) neighborhoods around Leyden have complained about the noise and exhaust of trains that stop on the siding as Leyden has transformed from rural to suburban. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111262 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These gondolas that are currently being stored in the siding at Leyden are, for the most part, empty. There are a handful of scraps from various old loads in the bottom of most of the cars, but they are generally empty. The string of cars is roughly 7,000 feet long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111261 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific 20 years ago, when coal was king on the Moffat, UP invested in permanent derails at the east end of Leyden, Rocky, Cliff, and Rollins. Coal trains were frequently tied down on any one of those sidings when waiting for a recrew. While coal is now extremely rare on the Moffat, the derail here at east Leyden is coming in handy as there is a long string of gondolas tied down in the siding. You can clearly see the switch on the north rail that will lead to the cars derailing away form the mainline, should they roll east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111260 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A gondola loaded with old ties sits tied down with a long string (nearly 7,000 feet) of gondolas on the siding at Leyden. The gondolas appear to be here for long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111175 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific When I was a kid, I always liked both "Rail Box" and "Rail Gon" cars for some reason. "Rail Box" cars have all but disappeared in 2024, but you can still find some "Rail Gon" labeled gondolas roaming around. This along is a good example, sitting in the siding of Leyden along with a pair of former Missouri Pacific gondolas. Presumably, these cars are part of some maintenance project, though exactly what, I'm not sure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111174 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three empty gondolas sit, tied down in the siding at Leyden. As you can see, they are the only three cars to be found in the siding. Presumably, they are here for something related to maintenance of way. Exactly what, I am unsure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110964 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the Zephyr at Rocky, this MGJNY is headed east on the main at Leyden. The train likely has more empties than loads, as the two GEs on the point are the only two units on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110911 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo is pulling into the siding at Leyden. It won't have to wait too long for an eastbound oil train that will meet it on the main, continuing in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110891 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I was a little bit surprised to find UP 1100, a GP60, on the eastbound MGJNY. Why surprised? Well, I caught the same unit also going east exactly two weeks earlier. Heading east again so soon, makes me suspect that it has some sort of mechanical issue that needs to be sorted out. If that's the case, it is likely headed for North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110890 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A little over halfway through Leyden, UP's thrice weekly MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction to Denver) is accelerating toward track speed as it passes by the numerous western Arvada neighborhoods, most of which were built in the last 25 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110889 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Can you spot both the trains in this shot? The eastbound UP manifest is pretty obvious. But, less obvious, is the oil train off in the distance, crossing like a thin black stripe across the mountain in the distance. This westbound oil train is at Eisele (Clay) after meeting the manifest at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110850 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four units are leading an eastbound loaded oil train on the main at Leyden. The crew has about one hour left to work before running out of hours. After making its way through a handful of 15 MPH slow orders (due to heat), the train is on green signals on the main at Leyden, now only about 10 miles from Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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