Photo ID: 110914 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound Denver-Provo departs the siding at Leyden after meeting an oil train. The train is crossing the bridge at MP 13.35, the bridge over Indiana Street. Eventually, this bridge will likely be rebuilt to accommodate the widening of Indiana Street from two lanes to (at least) four. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110913 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the eastbound oil train rolls away from the camera on the main track at Leyden, a westbound BNSF manifest (the Denver to Provo) has turned its lights back on full and is ready to depart west as soon as DS-380 aligns the switch and gets a light for the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110806 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr blasts out of the west end of Leyden, right around track speed at 60 MPH. The Zephyr just overtook a westbound oil train, and you can see the conductor from the oil train headed back to the cab of the lead unit after giving the Zephyr a roll by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110677 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the west end of Leyden, UP 8547 has a restricting signal to back in to the siding at Leyden, on the front end of this unit oil train. The restricting signal is displaying as a red over flashing red. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110668 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier this morning, this westbound oil empty stalled out on the climb out of Rocky up Big Ten. The train stalled out and the conductor walked back to the end DPU. The conductor protected a reverse move back into the siding here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110536 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 71 leads another P42DC and a standard consist for the Zephyr out of the west end of Leyden. The train is crossing over Indiana Street, the busiest north-south road in Western Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110535 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr charges west on the main at Leyden. It's nice to see that the siding at Leyden is once again empty and available for meets after a string of empty well cars were stored there for close to five months! Well cars were tied down there early on the morning of January 3, 2024. Overnight on May 27, 2024, they were picked up and taken back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110508 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of an eastbound coal empty through the west end of Leyden. the bottom light on the signal has shown nothing but a red signal for over four months now due to the empty well cars, tied down for long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110507 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Someone once said the only thing that stays the same is change. For the past few months, UP has periodically been running this coal empty eastbound on the Moffat. Once arriving in Denver, the train will head north on the Greeley Sub and eventually the Yoder Sub, making its way to the Power River Basin where it will load. The loaded train will head west through Wyoming on the Overland Route. Note the red flag that UP has put up on the siding at Leyden, protecting the empty well cars that have been stored for over four months now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110506 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8047 east crosses over Indiana Street at the west end of Leyden, taking a long line of empty coal hoppers toward Denver. There, it will turn north and head up the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110167 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After arriving 12 1/2 hours late in Chicago, it took Amtrak a little time to get the train ready for the trip west. It departed Chicago nearly five hours late the previous day, and departed Denver just over five hours late today. Here, clouds are keeping the train in shadows as it leaves west out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110124 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP manifest has a single ES44AC as a trailing DPU as the train rolls down the main at Leyden. The DPU is crossing over Indiana Street, a road that the City of Arvada would like to widen to four lanes, but will require the replacement of this bridge as it is only wide enough for the current two lanes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110009 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A massive string of empty well cars, measuring around 6,400 feet, was taken out to Leyden (from Denver) by UP early in the pre-dawn hours of January 3. The power cut off and returned light to Denver. It would appear that UP is planning to keep them in long term storage here at Leyden! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109982 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a temperate morning on the first day of 2024, the westbound Zephyr is on time as it knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Leyden. Folks who have been on the train since yesterday enjoyed spending New Year's on Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109890 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 5978 crosses over Indiana Street on the approach to the west end of Leyden. The bridge over Indiana still displays it's "Rio Grande" lettering. This bridge's days are certainly numbered as the City of Arvada would like to widen Indiana to four lanes. Doing this will (obviously) necessitate a new bridge. With that said, funding is not available for the project, so for now, the bridge is not in imminent danger. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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