Photo ID: 104703 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 20, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1519 (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 1775 (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 1636 (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 1438 (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 1573 (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 1919 (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. Photo ID: 104677 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just for kicks, I decided to shoot this eastbound coal load from the "dark side of the tracks" as it approaches the west switch of Leyden. Experimenting a little with different light angles in an attempt to make "lemonade out of lemons" with the late sun angles and an eastbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104672 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This ballast train is headed out the west end of Leyden on a Friday afternoon. It started at Rolla, CO and is now headed west toward Nephi, UT. After running over Soldier Summit, it will most likely run around the wye at Provo and head down UP's Sharp Subdivision. I enjoyed, for the second time in three days, catching a pair of SD70Ms leading a train on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104671 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I couldn't resist this shot. Since GE engines very much dominate the once all-EMD Moffat, it is nice to see an SD70ACe make an appearance on a coal train from time to time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104670 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After getting held up briefly at Leyden, this coal empty is working hard out the west end of the siding as it crosses over Indiana Street, the bridge still retaining its "Rio Grande" fly lettering. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104612 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1652 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At first glance, you might think this is a picture of a meet between two trains at Leyden. In fact, both of these trains are westbounds. The BNSF train got to Leyden first and went in to the siding (BNSF 5297 is the trailing DPU on the train). Never did hear why the BNSF train took the siding...perhaps it was simply the dispatcher running his own railroad's train around the competitors. But if that were the case, it seems like the BNSF train may have just been held at C&S Junction about seven miles to the east. The world may never know for sure! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104611 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1666 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF While the final destination of these cars is, naturally, very different, it is interesting that many of them are likely destined for businesses in the Salt Lake City vicinity. Why is that interesting? Because the cars on the train on the left are being hauled by UP while the cars on the train on the right are being hauled by BNSF! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104610 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1738 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific BNSF's westbound HLINPVO (Lincoln, NE to Provo, UT manifest) only made it as far as Leyden before coming to a stop at a red signal. While stopped in the hole, UP DS-86 ran the MNYRO (North Yard, CO to Roper, UT manifest) around the BNSF trackage rights train on the main. Here, a trio of GEs lead said manifest as they approach the rear BNSF DPU. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104609 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a rather dark and gloomy morning, UP's westbound MNYRO (North Yard, CO to Roper, UT manifest) hits the main at Leyden on a clear signal. Back in 2005, the MNYRO and the MRONY frequently ran with SD70Ms. It seems that, as time has marched on, it has become easier for UP to just use extra AC (coal) power on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104570 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Facing the "wrong way", UP 8338 brings up the rear of an eastbound coal train at Leyden. The train has a clear shot to Bypass 2 where the mid-train swing helpers will be cut out and the next crew will take the train east to the plains of Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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