Photo ID: 106778 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After being spoiled with unseasonably warm temperatures, the 28°F on the thermometer is closer to the norm for December as an eastbound UP manifest rolls down the main at West Leyden. An ES44AC and SD70M make for an interesting pairing on this Roper to North Yard train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106777 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound MRONY has an approach signal (yellow over red) as it comes up to the west switch of Leyden. The manifest is meeting a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest that has just entered the siding at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106719 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's pretty crazy just how much the city of Arvada (suburb of Denver) has grown in the past twenty years. In 1997, Leyden was practically out in the middle of nowhere. Just a few houses, many with pastures for horses, around. Now, there are five major neighborhoods surrounding Leyden as well as one of Arvada's four high schools (Ralston Valley). An eastbound BNSF manifest takes the siding, skirting the south edge of one of the neighborhoods: The Village at Five Parks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106718 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest has a trio of elephant-style GEs leading it into the siding at Leyden. DS-86 aligned the train into the siding with the intention holding it for Amtrak. However, the train made better-than-expected time down the east slope of the Moffat. As a result, DS-86 already has a clear signal setup for the train out the east end. The train will meet the Zephyr at C&S Junction. Note the sole DPU on the end of the (relatively short) train on the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106717 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest is approaching the west switch at Leyden. There, it will actually enter the siding. The signal for the siding (well, for westbounds) is visible on the right side of this shot. Note the sign indicating the control point for West Leyden: CP DS013. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106573 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In two minutes, this scene will lose all of its direct sunlight! This MNYRO has six units on the head end and another two DPU'd on the back. That is because the train is roughly 9,000 feet in length. That has been UP's philosophy lately with the manifests between Denver and Roper. Instead of running them six days a week, they are running them three days a week, but doubling their length. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106572 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is after 8pm and we are getting close to the longest day of the year (in the Denver area, anyway) as the westbound North Yard to Roper manifest knocks down the signal at the west end of Leyden. Getting the north side of a train lit here at West Leyden is possible between (roughly) April 10th and August 20th. The rest of the year, the sun is too far to the south to light the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106571 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Less than five minutes before the sun would dip behind the mountains to the west, the westbound MNYRO approaches a clear signal at West Leyden. The train has a trio of brand new SD70ACe-T4s on the head end. These units are compliant with the EPA's Tier-4 standards for emissions. It has taken EMD several years to develop these units! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106513 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A new radio pole popped up at West Leyden and the intermediate at milepost 14.5 this week. The new pole is the one that appears to be coming out of the "Leyden" control box. I am guessing these poles relate to PTC as UP works to implement PTC on its mainlines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106483 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1680 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Taking advantage of the overcast skies, I shot the eastbound Zephyr from the north side of the tracks at West Leyden. Prior to this winter storm, it had been 39 days since the Denver-Metro area got more than a "trace" of snow. We've seen temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s (°F) in February! A little snow and a high of 36°F is a welcome change. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106441 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal train crosses over Indiana Street in Arvada as the train approaches a clear signal at West Leyden. This train is headed for the Cherokee Power Plant in northeast Denver. With only one generator still burning coal, this "Public Service" coal train is running increasingly less. And, by the end of 2017, that last coal generator will be powered down and the plant will burn natural gas exclusively, spelling the end of this coal train...and possibly all coal traffic on the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106418 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound copper train, which consists of gondolas loaded with dirt which contains copper tailings, heads west out of Leyden. Despite the relative short length of the trains, they are heavy. Even with five units, this train will not be able to make more than about 15 MPH up the 2% grade of the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106417 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF copper train roles west at the west switch of Leyden. An ES44C4 and a C44-9W bring up the rear of the Provo-bound train on an unseasonably warm February day. Under partly cloud skies, the temperature is 64°F! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106257 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This shot seemed really appropriate on this day in particular. Why? Took this pictures 28 years (to the day) since the merger of Rio Grande and Southern Pacific. The merger went through on October 13, 1988. 28 years later and the bridge over Indiana Street in western Arvada still has "Rio Grande" painted on it. And mostly likely will until this bridge is eventually replaced when Indiana Street is widened to four lanes. No specific plans for doing so exist at the time of the picture. Oh, and there is a nice ballast train rolling east in to Leyden in the shot, too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105892 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific SP 355, disguised as UP 6248, brings up the tail end of this eastbound manifest. It is rather impressive that, nearly 20 years after the UP/SP merger, there are still several patched Espee units roaming the rails. Obviously their paint has seen better days, but you cannot completely write off the scarlet and gray quite yet! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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