Photo ID: 105075 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1466 (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 1510 (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 1470 (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 1423 (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 1498 (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 1478 (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. Photo ID: 105044 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1474 (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 1677 (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 1622 (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 2157 (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 1604 (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 1893 (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 1197 (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 1736 (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 1712 (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.

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