Photo ID: 110604 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 171 (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 194 (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 172 (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 176 (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 180 (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 286 (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. Photo ID: 110318 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 174, the only Phase 7 P42DC (as of the time of this picture) leads Amtrak's Winter Park Express west at Leyden. Snow is lightly falling and the train is kicking up some snow of its own as it charges west at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110013 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is moving at track speed as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the west end of Leyden. The Zephyr is still sporting the typical seven Superliner consist that it has generally had throughout the winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110012 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a chilly, overcast January morning, the westbound Zephyr passes by a string of empty well cars that were seemingly placed in storage the previous day here in the siding at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110011 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look down in to the inside of an empty well car sitting in storage on the siding at Leyden. As you can see, most well cars do not have a solid base, but rather are mostly open. They only need enough strength to support the containers placed in them. This patchwork is sturdy, yet keeps the overall car weight much lighter as less steel is used. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109979 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun is getting close to setting for the final time in 2023 as an eastbound unit oil train glides east on the main at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109978 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 255 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP oil train cruises down the main at Leyden. Note the switches on the siding signifying either end of the house track. I was particularly happy to get this angle as my dad took a picture from nearly the same location roughly 45 years earlier of an eastbound Rio Grande train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109893 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver as it glides by on the main at Leyden. Unfortunately, the last unit was facing in to the train, so its a shot of the long hood and tail end as it rolls away from the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109892 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 217 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Typically, the manifest trains BNSF runs on the Moffat, whether east or west, run with a 3x2 configuration. On this particular day, the Provo-Denver has six units on the head end. Although a few of them are just catching a ride on the train and are not actually loading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109891 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is rolling east at Leyden on the main track. Partly cloudy conditions block the sun, helping create a real winter feel, despite the lack of snow in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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