Photo ID: 110817 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver makes its way through the various neighborhoods located in western Arvada. The manifest is short enough that it does not even have any DPUs on the tail end. Very unusual for this particular train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110805 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil empty just came out of Denver and had to pull over at Leyden, the first siding west of town. The train will be briefly delayed as it waits for a late Zephyr, currently on its way out of Denver around North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110683 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 238 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier in the day, this train in the siding at Leyden stalled out on the climb out of Rocky and backed in to Leyden. That first crew tied the train down and were picked up by a van. A second crew brought a new unit out to Leyden. The problem as the previous leader was leaking air so bad, it could not be repaired or bypassed. The second crew brought all three units from the head end back to North Yard. Most like, it'll take a third crew to get this empty oil train more than 10 miles west of North Yard! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110682 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is always somewhat interesting to catch a unit that has all-matching numbers for its number. A good example is UP 6666, which was the second unit on this eastbound loaded oil train at Leyden. The unit has worn this same number since it was delivered to UP 27 years ago, in July 1997. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110679 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier in the day, this westbound oil empty stalled out on the climb out of Rocky. It only had two units on the head end at that point. A new crew brought UP 8547 out of North Yard for the journey west. Unfortunately, that alone is not enough to take care of the problem. The crew reported the (now) second unit is leaking air so badly, the train cannot be taken out of emergency. The crew spoke to the dispatcher and requested a bypass hose. A hose will be brought out of North Yard to connect to the air hose on the back of UP 8547 and the back of the third unit, completely bypassing the second unit. It will be isolated and, hopefully, the train can then proceed west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110678 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A new crew is slowly backing UP 8547 on to UP 6413 near the west end of Leyden. Though out of sight, the conductor is on the ladder on the opposite side of UP 8547, using hand signals to instruct the engineer on how close they are to connecting with UP 6413. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110670 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of AC4400CWs, both of which are former Espee units (SP 367 and SP 203) are leading a westbound empty oil train. The lead unit is leaking air and the train is stuck in emergency. Later in the day, a new crew will bring out a new unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110669 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil train stalled out on the climb to Big Ten west of Rocky. The train backed down here and went into emergency. The crew found that the lead unit is severely leaking air. The crew has been instructed to tie the train down and a new crew will bring a new unit out from North Yard later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110606 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern Bringing up the tail end of this BNSF Provo-Denver manifest is a BNSF ES44AC and a Norfolk Southern AC44C6M (an NS rebuild from a C44-9W). Norfolk Southern has long been known for conducting rebuilds itself at its Altoona shops rather than contracting out for rebuilds. This is a practice that other Class 1 railroads are starting to embrace to avoid having to buy new, expensive Tier-4 compliant locomotives. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110604 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After about four months of being used for storage, the siding at Leyden has now been open and available for meets for the last month or so. An eastbound BNSF manifest is not meeting anyone this here this morning, so it is on the roll on the main track. If you look in the distance on the siding, you can see switches for the house track, which has been out of service now for many years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110542 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY rolls east on the main at Leyden. 30 years ago, nearly all of the houses visible in this shot had not yet been built. Leyden was "out in the boonies" back then, but is in the middle of suburban Arvada today! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110487 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look at a pair of former Chicago North Western C44-9Ws that have likely been sitting in storage in Grand Junction for months (or even years). Not entirely sure where they are headed, but it is possible they are going to be rebuilt into C44ACMs by UP. This would change them from DC traction motors to AC traction motors. UP has done this to roughly 50 other C44-9Ws as of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110486 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of ES44ACs lead two (offline) C44-9Ws and a relatively short MGJNY, rolling east on the main at Leyden. There is a string of well cars in the siding at Leyden that, as of the time of this picture, have been tied down in the siding for "long term storage" for 4 months and 1 week. It has been an unusually chilly May so far, and this morning is no exception, with low-hanging clouds all along the Front Range and temperatures around 42°F (6°C). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110417 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr arrived in Denver 9 minutes late, but ended up departing 1 hour and 45 minutes late. The reason being that AMTK 139 (the second P42DC) developed a mechanical issue. AMTK 142 is a "protection unit" that has been kept in Denver. Essentially, it's a spare unit for just such an occurrence. Three units is a little unusual to see on the Zephyr. Unfortunately, it mean that AMTK 161 (the Phase 1 Heritage unit) was no longer leading. Here, the westbound highballs through Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110319 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 174 offers up some really great color as part of Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train. The unit came to Denver a week earlier and was used on a special move on BNSF's Front Range Sub from Denver to Longmont (and back) the previous day. Indeed, all of the equipment in the shot was used on the special train. This morning, however, it is back to Winter Park! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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