Photo ID: 105949 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 16, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the exception of the SD9043MAC, GE's have dominated UP coal trains in Colorado for the better part of two decades. However, more and more SD70ACes have been showing up on the few coal trains that are still running on the Moffat. Here, a pair of them lead two GEs on a coal empty destined for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch in western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105948 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 16, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Denver-Metro area is not generally prone to a lot of fog. However, once a year or so, you wake up to a morning in which visibility is limited to just a few hundred feet. This morning was one such example! I thought it might be cool to get a few shots of a westbound coal empty and the westbound Zephyr at Leyden. Here, the coal empty lights up the fog as it charges west on a clear signal on the main at Leyden. Black and white seems wholly appropriate for the shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105947 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a bit of a hazy afternoon as this P-Burg Local heads west on the main at Leyden. A trio of SD70Ms lead the train, which is headed for Phippsburg, CO on the Craig Branch. Considering the lack of traffic on the Moffat of late, the crew should have zero issue getting to P-Burg on their hours of service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105946 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1443 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After picking up the kids from school, I heard that a westbound was on the move, leaving North Yard. We went over to Leyden to get a few pictures. Turns out the train was the MNYPHX! This is the manifest that occasionally runs from North Yard to Phippsburg on the Craig Branch. While the branch line has been exceedingly quiet lately, it was good to see a decent-sized P-Burg local headed that way. There are still several customers in need of rail service on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105928 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1547 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF While I have caught a handful of Canadian National units in Colorado (including one of the Moffat in 2008), this is the first time I've seen one leading on the Moffat. Interesting that CN orders their units with red class lights! Note them on the lead SD70M-2 on the outsides of the number boards. The train here is tying down on the siding at Leyden to wait for a relief crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105927 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1486 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF With the elimination of Kremmling as a crew change point for BNSF, Grand Junction-based crews now run trains the entire stretch between Grand Junction and Denver (and vice versa). At least, they run them as close as they can get them! The crew on the manifest (with a pair of borrowed CN units) went on duty at 7:30am. Being that it is now 6:20pm, that gives them 70 minutes to make it to the yard. They probably could have made it, except that a traffic jam (which included Amtrak) at Utah Jct blocked all routes for the train. The crew is going to tie it down here and head for the hotel. A Denver-based crew will come and get the train later and take it the remaining 12 miles to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105926 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National With as infrequently as a Canadian National unit comes through Colorado, I decided to take advantage on this snowy Wednesday and get as many pictures as I could of these two, leading a BNSF manifest on the Moffat. Other than a little dirt, this SD70M-2 is looking sharp! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105925 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF With only 70 minutes left on the clock and no clear route in to the yard in Denver, this eastbound BNSF manifest has been instructed to tie their train down and wait for a van to pick them up. If you look closely, you can see the orange reflective vest of the conductor through the tree to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105924 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF The red in the Canadian National units really make the wintery scene at Leyden pop. The Canadian units are leading a BNSF manifest east in the siding at Leyden. The train will stop at the east end and the crew will tie the train down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105923 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National In my opinion, Canadian National has a pretty descent scheme, as far as schemes go. I do find it interesting that they put their website on each engine...not a bad marketing strategy. This ES44DC is second out on BNSF's Provo-Denver trackage rights train, taking the siding at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105922 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1406 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National I have to admit that I was pretty happy about getting this particular shot. First off, I only see a Canadian National unit once every couple years (on average). Second, this is an SD70M-2, the DC version of the SD70ACe. Neither UP nor BNSF bought any of these, making them extremely rare in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105921 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1483 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF It is always fun to see foreign power in Colorado! Particularly foreign power that is seldom seen here in the middle of the United States. BNSF was borrowing a pair of Canadian National units on this particular day. Originally, there were three of the red, white, and black units, but one was pulled off the train in Provo, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105920 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest has a pair of foreign visitors running on the point! The train, with two Canadian National units on the point, was called in Grand Junction at 7:30am and had a good run east toward Denver. The train is now taking the siding at Leyden (where it will tie down) as there is currently no route in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105862 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo was very short on this particularly morning. While you cannot see the end of the train in this picture, it wasn't more than about 10 cars back from the last car visible. The great morning light would soon give way to rain, sleet, and snow storms that would stick around for the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105861 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1323 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Following less than 30 minutes behind the westbound Zephyr was this BNSF Denver-Provo. While a lot of interesting power has been on this train in the last month or so, it was "same old, same old" on this morning! The train will continue west to Rocky where it will meet an eastbound UP manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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