Photo ID: 105761 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1948 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local moves quickly west on the main at Leyden in fantastic afternoon light. A blizzard the previous day left 12-16 inches of new snow in the area. UP 1349 is no stranger to this territory! This was DRGW 3128 until it was patched nearly ten years ago. Still, great to see it working in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105700 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1508 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is nice to know that, for the time being, Amtrak is one of the staples helping to keep the Moffat alive. Not that I am worried about UP actually abandoning (or idling) the Moffat, but with as few trains as there are running on the Moffat as there are, it is good to have at least a few trains that you can rely on each day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105699 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1973 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Everyone in the Denver-Metro area woke up to a fresh blanket of snow and chilly temperatures on this Friday morning! The westbound Zephyr cruises west on the main at Leyden, kicking up some of the fresh power. If you look closely, you might note that the frog has been removed from the house track switch. By doing this, UP does not have to pay taxes on the house track! (Don't ask me...I'm no tax expert!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105449 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1659 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Why'd I include a roster shot of yet another typical UP GE unit? I think that these days, it is somewhat common for railfans to identify power by its paint scheme! UP units with flags and wings tend to be newer. Same with BNSF units with the "New Image" scheme. However, if you take a second look, you'll notice this is an AC4400CW that recently received a fresh paint job. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105448 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1618 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This MP15N is headed west on the MNYRO. I'd guess that it will be set out in Grand Junction. Whether for storage or for active switching service, I'm not sure. There are a lot of older switch engines being stored in Grand Junction, but UP did rebuild this unit (MP15AC to an MP15N), so I'm not sure if they'd then put it in storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a beautiful Sunday morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest descended the Moffat with a great looking BNSF Warbonnet on the point. Most of the Dash-9 Warbonnets are in the 600-700 series. However, roughly 20 wound up in the 4700 series (4700-4719). If you noticed only one ditch light lit up, that isn't because they are oscillating...the light on the left is burned out. The train is taking the siding to meet a (slightly late) California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105386 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Most every year, Union Pacific will send an engineering special over a good portion of its system so the brass can see how things are running, check on projects, etc. The train will frequently run over the former Rio Grande, and the summer of 2015 was no exception. The train left Grand Junction at 7am on July 22 and absolutely flew east toward Denver. I got this picture of the train coming through Leyden three minutes before 1pm. After a brief crew change in Denver, the train headed north up the Greeley Sub and stopped in South Morrill, NE for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105119 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest (Provo to Denver trackage rights train) sits in the siding at Leyden. The train just met an empty oil train, but will continue to hold here at Leyden as BNSF's 31st Street Yard does not have an open track for the train just yet. The two units seen here are the tail end DPU units for the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105117 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1538 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Union Pacific An empty oil train, headed for Wash, UT in order to load, charges west at Leyden. The power on the train was quite a delightful surprise! A pair of Kansas City Southern units - the sole power on the train - take it west. Even though the train is empty, the two units are working hard to keep the train moving. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105075 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although you wouldn't necessarily know it at first glance, this unit spent about eight years wearing pure Scarlet and Gray! It was delivered in July 1995 as SP 336. Eight years later, on November 25, 2003, it was changed to UP 6382. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105073 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of SD70Ms lead what appears to be a westbound rock train (or perhaps some other type of Maintenance of Way train) on the main at Leyden. Seeing as SD70Ms are my personal favorite engine since the SD40-2, I always enjoy coming across them on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105072 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This sharp looking ES44AC was one of three mid-train swing helpers on a coal train sitting in the siding at Leyden. The train is waiting for a westbound, which is on its way out of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105047 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a cold and hazy March morning as this eastbound coal load heads toward the east end of the siding at Leyden. UP 8410 is one of the oldest SD70ACes on UP's roster. It was among the first 100 or so SD70ACes delievered to UP back in 2005. It is hard to believe that SD70ACes are now ten years old! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105046 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I wouldn't mind owning the tan-ish house on the right side of this photo! That house is the Arvada neighborhood of Five Parks. I want to say the "new" neighborhood of Five Parks, but, hard as it may be to believe, it is actually over 15 years old now. An eastbound coal load glides slowly through the siding toward the east end. The purple derail is for the house track, buried in snow behind the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105045 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While I have no statistics to prove it, I suspect that Leyden is one of the most-used sidings on the east slope of the Moffat. Eastbounds frequently need to hold here to wait for westbounds coming out of the yard. In the case of BNSF, eastbound manifest will frequently hold here because the yard won't have space for the trains. On this morning, this eastbound coal train is going to meet two westbounds (include Amtrak) before continuing on it to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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