Photo ID: 105779 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After seeing several extremely short manifests in the past couple of days, it was great to see a nice, long manifest. This BNSF Provo-Denver had 97 cars to go along with the four units (in a 3x1 configuration). Just above the cab of the lead unit is Ralston Valley High School. This is the newest high school, although it has been nearly 20 years since it opened. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105778 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1531 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 30 years ago, Leyden would have been considered to be in a bit of a rural area. Today, however, it is very suburban! There are houses on both the north side and south side, as well as new houses being built to the west. I still love this shot looking straight down the siding to the west end, as an eastbound BNSF manifest (with 97 cars) approaches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105765 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF I think the dark blue of the CSX paint scheme contrasts quite nicely with fresh snow on the ground. This ES44AH, and its brother, are taking a BNSF manifest (Denver to Provo) west along with a BNSF C44-9W, which was on the point. The newest CSX logo is an interesting one, is it not? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105764 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF A pair of visitors from the east help out a classic Heritage 2 C44-9W on a westbound manifest at Leyden. CSX classifies these units as ES44AHs. They are essentially ES44ACs, but with a few minor differences. First off, they weigh 432,000 pounds instead of 415,000 pounds. They also have software tweaks that, combined with the increased weight, provide for a higher tractive effort at lower speeds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105763 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Not only has the amount of traffic on the Moffat taken a pretty serious nose dive, but the traffic that is still running has a tendency to be extremely short! Case-in-point is this BNSF Denver-Provo. It is headed west with only 32 cars! 30 tank cars, a covered hopper, and a box car. The CSX units were a nice surprise, though. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105762 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A fast-moving train and fresh snow are the perfect combination for a nice action shot! The West Local, with a quintet of covered hoppers, is headed west on the main at Leyden, moving at track speed. The power will run around the train at Rocky (rather than backing up the Rocky Spur). With so much fresh snow, the crew did not want a (relatively light) covered hopper plowing the way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105761 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 2098 (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 1624 (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 2105 (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 1771 (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 1720 (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 1661 (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 1369 (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 1481 (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 1628 (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.

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