Photo ID: 106228 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Moving along at track speed, the circus train heads into the rising sun on the main at Leyden. UP found some very nice power to put on the train for the journey east from Salt Lake City to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106180 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a beautiful September afternoon, a UP manifest heads west down the main at Leyden. This manifest is one that doesn't show up on the Moffat too often. Rather than running to Roper, UT (the MNYRO) or even to Grand Junction, CO (the MNYGJ), this manifest is headed for the Craig Branch! It will terminate at the yard in Phippsburg, CO (the MNYPHX). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106073 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The EC-4 test car rolls by on the main at Leyden, headed for North Yard for the night. The test car, which checks for defects in track geometry, is typically operated by a crew of three. Among other amenities, the car has a full kitchen to allow the crew to eat on the go. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106072 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of engines pulls UP's "EC-4" track geometry inspection car. This car cost $8.5 million when it was built in 2005. It has multiple computers onboard, as well as GPS, so any track defects can be precisely recorded. The car does have self-propulsion. However, it seems that the propulsion must be out of service on this particular day! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105963 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1916 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division, Union Pacific As a special move heads west on the main at Leyden, a severe thunderstorm rolls into the Arvada area from the west. The storm will bring a lot of rain as well as marble-to-nickel sized hail. This shot looks roughly southwest toward Golden. Just above the first SD70ACe-T4, you can see Ralston Valley High School. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105962 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division When EMD has a new unit that it is testing out, it needs to gather and analyze a lot of data. That's what this car is for! There are a lot of sensors hooked up to the new SD70ACe-T4s and all that data goes to computers in this car. In addition, this provides some living quarters for EMD engineers during long testing stints. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105961 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1544 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division Roster shot of the EMD's Tier-4 solution. The SD70ACe-T4! Hopefully testing will be complete soon and production on the unit will be able to start. EMD hasn't been able to sell a new unit in the US in nearly 18 months due to emissions regulations that took effect January 1, 2015. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105960 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads the next generation of EMD power on the main at Leyden. While it took some time to grow on me, I've come to like the look of the newer EMD power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105958 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific One of several HLCX GP38-2s passes by the photographer on the main track at Leyden. These units are headed for Grand Junction where they will be put in storage by Union Pacific. Two years ago, railroads could not obtain power fast enough. Now, they are putting power in storage by the hundreds! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105957 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) GATX, Union Pacific I've always been a fan of the blue paint scheme used on GATX leasers. With the decrease in rail traffic (and, consequently, the decrease in power demands), this unit is DIC (Dead In Consist) on a light power move destined for Grand Junction. There, it will sit until such time as it is needed in the future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105956 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A former Missouri Pacific GP15-1 joins a several other geeps as part of a light power move from Denver to Grand Junction. With the recent downturn in rail traffic, these units are surplus for UP and are headed for storage. For how long? That remains to be seen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105955 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1969 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A string of 11 light engines makes its way west on the main at Leyden. The first six units will be used as mid-train swing helpers on coal trains coming off the North Fork Branch. Been awhile since I've seen such a power move on behalf of coal trains! The last five units are all older geeps that will join the 150+ units already being stored in Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105954 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This coal empty is leaving the (relative) straight track of the plains behind as it heads through Barbara's Gulch between Leyden and Rocky. Barbara's Gulch is something of the gateway between the plains (albeit rather hilly) of Denver and Arvada in favor of the Rocky Mountains and the true start of the climb to the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105951 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 16, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1509 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr approaches the west end of Leyden on an extremely foggy morning in western Arvada. This is an area that has changed a lot in the last 20 years. It wasn't long ago that the houses to the left (in the neighborhood of Five Parks) were not there. North of Leyden was just a field! Now, Leyden is surrounded by development, smack in the middle of suburbia! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105950 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 16, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42DCs leading a standard consist for the California Zephyr approach an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal at the west end of Leyden. A coal empty that came through 15 minute earlier is working on pulling in to the clear at Rocky and the signal reflects that. By the time the Zephyr reaches Rocky, however, the empty will be entirely in the clear, allowing the Zephyr to continue on its way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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