Photo ID: 105044 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just from looking at this scene, it is hard to believe that it is March! This eastbound coal load heads slowly in to the siding at Leyden where it will wait to meet the California Zephyr and a second westbound. If you look toward the west end, you can see the two mid-train swing helpers. Most coal trains on the Moffat have three mid-train swing helpers. Those trains have the three units cut out in Denver for the trip east on the plains. This train, however, is headed for the Xcel Energy Valmont Power Plant in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104999 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1581 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A very attentive crew on this MNYRO noticed a tank car five cars back from the head end. This did not match their train manifest so they asked DS-86 to align them in to the siding at Leyden to investigate. Turns out the tank car was too close to the head end and needed to be moved further back. The crew was going to do the switch at the house track at Leyden, but discovered the frog was missing from the house track! I learned that this is done because, if the frog is missing, UP does not have to pay taxes on the house track. Who knew? In any case, after a very late westbound Zephyr passes by, the crew will perform the switching out of the west end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104998 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1513 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of good looking second generation EMDs are headed to Grand Junction on the MNYRO. UP 2187 is an SD60, reactivated from storage due to power shortages. UP 1653 is designated as an SD40N on UP's roster. UP rebuilt several hundred SD40-2s to extend their life. The rebuilding was done in North Little Rock and, after the rebuild, the units got the new SD40N designation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104997 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1959 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While most patch jobs involve just slapping on a new number on the cab and number boards (and a shield on the nose), some patch jobs are a bit more unique. UP 6361 is one such example. Note that "Union Pacific" (in red) has completely replaced the fly-lettered "Southern Pacific" on the long hood. On a side note, you may have wondered why UP bothered replacing the white frame stripe on Espee units with a yellow one. In 2005, the Federal Railroad Administration concluded that yellow "retroreflectorive sheeting" is the easiest to see. Consequently, the FRA ruled that all locomotives had to have yellow striping (or, in some cases, white) applied by May 31, 2010. This was done for safety reasons. That is why UP frame stripes changed from red to yellow, as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104996 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada 1504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A power-heavy MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Roper, UT) is pulling in to the clear in the siding at Leyden. The crew noticed that there is a tank car out of position in the train and, as a result, they will need to stop at Leyden and rearrange the cars so it is in the correct position. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104995 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1767 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An MNYRO with an abundance of power pulls in to the siding at Leyden. The first three units will continue with the train to Roper, UT. The SD60 and SD40-2 are headed for Grand Junction. The last three units will be set out in Glenwood Springs to be used as mid-train swing helpers on an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104829 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The five-hour-late westbound California Zephyr heads west down the mainline at Leyden. The train has a fairly typical summer consist that includes a baggage car, four coaches, three sleepers, a dining car, and a sightseer lounge car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104828 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1637 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak While passengers probably aren't too happy when the westbound Zephyr is running five hours late, I like it strictly from a railfan point of view. Why? The lighting at 1:30pm is better for a westbound than it is at 8:30am! A tree frames the westbound Zephyr as it hustles - quite late - through Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104827 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1606 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A flood near Osceola, IA washed out the tracks early Saturday morning. Consequently, the westbound Zephyr was delay for a few hours. By the time it departed Denver, it was running about five hours late. Here, the train rounds the curve at the east end of Leyden, doing its best to make up for lost time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104703 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 20, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The first day of Spring in 2014 was a very pleasant day along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Two near 20-year-old former CNW AC4400CWs team up with a fairly new UP ES44AC, framed nicely by a tree that will be regaining in leaves in a month or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104702 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 20, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1680 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Chicago North Western Two of the mid-train swing helpers on this eastbound coal load happened to be former (patched) CNW AC4400CWs. These units are really starting to look beat up as their paint schemes are getting close to being 20 years old. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104701 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 20, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1561 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This coal train is a little heavier than most Moffat coal trains and, as such, has an extra unit. It is running 3x3x1 and, after cutting out the mid-train swing helpers in Denver, will head east on the KP running 3x(0)x1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104700 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 20, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load rolls slowly down the main at Leyden. The train had a yellow (approach) signal at the west end of Leyden as DS-86 had not yet setup a route out of Leyden due to maintenance. By the time reached the east end of Leyden, they had a signal to continue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104679 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7964, the 5000th Evolution Series locomotive produced by GE, crosses over the Rio Grande fly letter bridge above Indiana Street. Upon reaching Bypass 2 at North Yard, these three units will be cut out of the train at Pecos Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104678 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1776 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is another someone artsy shot that, quite frankly, I cannot decide if I like or not. The low angle makes for an interesting backlit shot (as the sun is directly behind UP 7334). But the base of the units are cut off by the bridge. So, I figured, I have a website...why not let you decide! Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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