Photo ID: 108626 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 610 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ES44AC, ET44AC, and AC4400CW back a Herzog ballast train down in to the siding at Leyden. One of the units on the train failed as it was coming through Arvada. Not wanting to block any grade crossing, the train pulled between switches on the main at Leyden and dropped off the conductor. It then pulled west of Leyden and is now backing down on the siding. The train will be cut in half and the front half will be taken west to dump ballast. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108616 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr accelerates west out of Leyden and over Indiana Street, it should be noted that this is a scene that continue to change and indeed has the potential to change even more in the coming years. New houses are being built on the north side of the tracks. Indeed, the classic Rio Grande bridge over Indiana Street may be living on borrowed time. There is a push to widen Indiana Street from two lanes to four lanes through here. That would necessitate a slight grade realignment for a new, wider bridge. There currently is no funding for the project, so, for now, the old bridge is safe. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108615 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 683 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 10 is looking at a signal that recently cleared (turned green). The engineer is putting the proverbial pedal to the metal as the train starts accelerating. As far as trains go, the Zephyr can actually start and reach track speed quite fast because it is so light relative to other trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108612 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With as few trains running on the Moffat these days as there are, the dispatcher is probably a bit out of practice in timing perfect meets! The Zephyr sat on the main at the west end of Leyden for about ten minutes while waiting for BNSF's Provo-Denver to show up. A Rocky meet would have been a bit more expeditious for the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108611 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 696 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A fairly short BNSF Provo-Denver approaches a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal at the west end of Leyden while it passes over Indiana Street in West Arvada. The train already has a signal out the other end of the siding to continue on toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108576 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As often happens this time of year, the Front Range of Colorado has been hit by a winter storm. A couple inches of snow fell overnight, making the middle of April look a bit more like the middle of January! The eastbound BNSF Provo-to-Denver pays no mind to the snow though as it rolls east at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108575 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A short BNSF Provo-to-Denver rolls slowly east on a clear signal at West Leyden. The train this morning is quite short, with a block of coal hoppers, a block of tank cars, and a second block of four more coal hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108569 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 27, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal empty, which will load in Utah, is heading west out of Leyden on clear signals. Not only does the train having six SD70ACes, but the last two are Ferromex. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108545 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 880 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After a total drop off of oil trains, there have been rumblings that they may start to pick up again. Evidence that may be the case showed up on the last day of November when a loaded UP oil train came east off the Moffat. The train started in Helper and took 36 hours to make it to Denver! Note the new construction occurring on the north side of the tracks. Several multi-family homes and a few businesses (including a gas station) are being built here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108361 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 836 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo departs the siding at Leyden on a clear signal, crossing Indiana Street. The City of Arvada attempted to get a Federal Grant to rebuild this bridge in order to widen Indiana Street to four lanes through there. However, the grant was denied, so Indiana remains two lanes. Meanwhile, additional homes and a new strip mall are being built int he background, which will of course add more traffic to Indiana! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108304 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Clouds are building and a storm is starting to form on the evening of the 4th of July. The eastbound Zephyr is about to knock down a clear signal at the west end of Leyden, crossing over Indiana Street. The skyline of downtown Denver is visible above the train, now about 13 miles away to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108275 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 844 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It has been 18 months since I shot a westbound UP manifest on the Moffat! After getting rid of the MNYRO and MRONY in December 2018, UP started running the MNYGJ and MGJNY, each three times a week. Typically, the MNYGJ departs after dark on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights. However, there were no rested crews in Denver last night! The first crew was rested at 12:15pm today, and the train was then called. Here, the manifest crosses Indiana Street coming out of the west end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107926 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 847 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of GEs, facing the "wrong way", bring up the tail end of a loaded oil train east at the west switch of Leyden. The train met Amtrak at Eisele (Clay) and now has clear signals the rest of the way in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107841 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 949 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Leyden, a westbound coal empty with six units on the point has a clear signal. Second out on the empty is a visitor from the north...a Canadian National C44-9W joins the cast. Interesting that a DC unit is on the lineup for a coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107770 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific Fall colors are rapidly fading along the front range as October gets ready to turn to November. A westbound coal empty charges west out of Leyden with an unexpected visitor on the point. 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