Photo ID: 106483 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1780 (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 1429 (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 1375 (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 1311 (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 1405 (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 1613 (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. Photo ID: 105891 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1693 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) GATX, Union Pacific Another leased unit returns to Denver from Grand Junction. After so many units (including leasers) have been moved from Denver to Grand Junction, it was interesting to see this GP38-2 on its way back. Whatever the reason, I always enjoying seeing one of these blue units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105890 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1677 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific UP has been sending a lot of older power to Grand Junction for storage, so it was interesting to see this HLCX GP38-2 coming back to Denver. Perhaps Denver needs a few extra units for switching... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105889 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1717 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound Roper, UT to North Yard, CO manifest (MRONY) take the siding at Leyden. The train will be meeting the westbound California Zephyr, which is running about 30 minutes behind schedule this morning. Four of the seven units on the point were online. The last three units were DIC (Dead In Consist) and were being moved from Grand Junction to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105830 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After getting a few shots of the West Local at East Leyden, a track inspector with track and time briefly stopped the local at West Leyden and gave me enough time to get over to the bridge over Indiana Street. A trio of GP40-2s take a single tank car west. So why so much power for a single car? On other days of the week, this same power is used on the South Local. That local usually has decent tonnage and merits the three units. Rather than break up the units when the West Local runs, it is easier to simply keep them together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105820 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr moves through the west end of Leyden on a clear February morning. And while Amtrak does fill up a lot of the frame, take a second look at the picture. Do you see the second train? UP's MNYRO is off in the distance, moving west on the main at Eisele (formerly Clay) about a third of the way down from the top of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105767 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two words: Tonnage reduction! In the past, BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest almost always has at least one DPU on the rear end. Not today though. The three units on the point are more than enough to handle the 30 tank cars, covered hopper, and box car on this train. Fewer trains and shorter trains on the Moffat... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105766 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1474 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF I don't typically shoot from the north side of the tracks at Leyden, simply because the light isn't generally good from the north side. However, with an overcast sky, the lighting for this westbound was just fine. As you can see, the train is proceeding west on a clear signal at West Leyden. The new housing developments (called Leyden Ranch and Leyden Rock) can be seen in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105695 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1766 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About five minutes prior to the arrival of this Denver-Provo, the sun ducked behind the clouds of a building storm to the west. An old (relatively speaking) C44-9W leads BNSFs trackage rights manifest west out of leyden, crossing over Indiana Street. The bridge is still lettered "Rio Grande"! At some point in the future, Arvada plans to widen Indiana Street to four lanes, at which point the bridge will be replaced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105118 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 2236 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific It isn't all that often that a Kansas City Southern unit shows up on the Moffat. It is even less often that they are the sole power on a train! However, that was the case on this Monday morning as a gray KCSM (Kansas City Southern de Mexico) AC4400CW and a Retro-Belle SD70MAC lead an empty oil train out the west end of Leyden on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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