Photo ID: 105891 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1581 (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 1576 (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 1621 (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 1682 (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 1308 (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 1313 (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 1372 (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 1669 (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 2097 (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 1425 (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 1492 (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 1609 (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 1620 (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 1605 (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 1558 (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.

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