Photo ID: 105766 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1317 (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 1592 (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 1951 (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. Photo ID: 105029 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A ES44C4 and a pair of C44-9Ws, all running elephant-style, head toward the west switch of Leyden and the siding. While this day offer a break from snow flurries, the sun still never fully came out as there was a thin layer of clouds. The temperature for this shot was hovering right around 11°F! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105028 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF manifest is kick up a little bit of snow as it crosses over Indiana Street. The train is approaching a Diverging Approach (red-over-yellow) signal at the west end of Leyden. The BNSF yard in Denver currently has no room for the train, so it will need to hang out in the siding at Leyden for a bit until some space opens up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104975 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 23, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There is a fair amount of demand from Arvada residents to expand Indiana Street from a two lane road to a four land road. If and when that happens (it is not currently in the budget), it will require replacing the bridge over the tracks just west of Leyden. For the time being, the old Rio Grande bridge (with Rio Grande still visible!) is safe. Here, a C44/60AC and an SD70ACe bring up the tail end of an eastbound coal load as they cross Indiana Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104973 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 23, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The field here adjacent to the tracks (just west of Leyden) is currently for sale. It falls in unincorporated Jefferson County and my guess would be that it is currently zoned for residential use. Anybody want to build a house right next to the tracks? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104967 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 23, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A new take and perspective looking east toward the west switch of Leyden. UP's westbound MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Roper, UT) is headed west on a clear signal. If you look just to the left of the nose of the lead unit, you can see the bridge over Indiana Street as well as the signal at the west end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104851 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific Canadian units don't make it to Colorado all that often, so it is always fun to see a stray red unit on a train. Participating in some power sharing, this Canadian Pacific AC4400CW is second out on BNSF Denver, CO to Provo, UT trackage rights manifest. From the looks of it, seems like a new paint job may not be too far off in the future for this beat up trooper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104850 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1564 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Like dramatic weather? The first day of October in 2014 was a good day for it around the Denver area! Crazy clouds hover over this Denver to Provo manifest that happens to have a early production ES44DC. BNSF started to take delivery on the ES44DC in January 2005 (nearly 10 years ago already). Since the "New Image" scheme came a little later in 2005, some of these early ES44DCs were delivered in the Heritage 2 scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104849 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 2207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A major thunderstorm darkens the eastern sky, making for a nice backdrop against this westbound BNSF manifest sitting on the mainline at Leyden. The train had to stop here for several hours due to a communication failure between the head end and the sole DPU on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104566 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1492 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The early morning sun tries to break through the clouds and offer some nice light on this coal load, rolling east on a clear signal at the west end of Leyden. Evidence of the healthy snowfall in the Colorado high country can been observed on the plow of UP 5892. Also of interest is the stretch of red frame stripe on the anti-climber! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104471 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1580 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sometimes, the best pictures can actually be the ones that don't have a train in them at all! Case-in-point is this shot of rails reflecting the rising sun. The silhouettes of the signals on the main and siding have a cool effect too. Twenty years ago, this would have been "out in the boonies". Now, however, you can also see the silhouettes of the houses built on the north side of the rails (left side of the picture) as part of the Five Parks development. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104469 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1779 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These days (and this time of year), I leave for work about 20 minutes before sunrise. As I was on the road, I noticed the eastern sky quickly turning an amazing red color. Clouds were scattered across the sky and reflecting the sun beautifully. I decided to stop off at west Leyden to grab a few shots. By the time I arrived, the red had transitioned in to an amazing orange with yellow splashed in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104413 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This rock-filled work train slowly creeps across the Indiana Street overpass just west of Leyden. The train is now in "out of service" limits, meaning the track is not under the control or jurisdiction of DS-86. Instead, the UP foreman in charge of the repair operation has jurisdiction over all trains and MOW in the limits. Switches are all taken in to hand throw and trains and MOW coordinate via radio. For safety, all movements are made at restricted speed, typically around 10 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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