Photo ID: 106157 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 9, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A bit of an oddity on the Moffat, an eastbound unit Potash train rolls east toward Leyden. The train was loaded on the Potash Branch in Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106076 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I've shot many trains from this vantage point along Indiana Street west of Leyden. But probably none as colorful as this! This isn't a coal train, but rather a ballast train. Those ballast cars are white with red on both ends. The train is headed for Cheyenne and, from there, will likely head to the quarry west of Cheyenne to be loaded. For now, the train is headed into the siding at Leyden where it will meet the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106075 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1324 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Lighting on the north side of the rails is very good for eastbound on the approach to Leyden in the summer months. The tracks actually head more southeast right here and the sun is far enough north to offer shots like this. An eastbound ballast train approaches the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106074 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1433 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A brand new ET44AC leads a colorful eastbound Herzog ballast train. The train is approaching the west switch of Leyden on a beautiful June morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106071 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1406 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is one thing the overcast, stormy skies of Summer are good for! Slower shutter speeds. The two DPUs on the tail end of this Energy-bound coal empty roll past the camera on their journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106070 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three GEs and an SD70ACe lead the CPSEY (Coal, Public Service to Energy Mine) empty west of Leyden. Light rain falls as a thunderstorm to the northwest continues to build. The Denver Skyline stands tall off to the right of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106069 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1357 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two coal trains on the Moffat in one afternoon! Something of a rare sight in the middle of 2016. Even less common, both coal trains were Energy Mine coal trains. They met at Arvada and I didn't want to go that far into the city to shoot the meet, but this westbound empty is the "Public Service" train. It supplies coal for Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Plant in northeast Denver. This train likely has about six months of life left, as Cherokee's conversion to natural gas is nearly complete. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106060 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of GEVOs, including an early-production GEVO that was originally painted in Heritage 2, lead up an early morning westbound west of Leyden. Plentiful rain (and snow) in April has led to some green pastures in June. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106059 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Prior to the start of 2016, BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest departed Denver fairly consistently in the mid-to-late afternoon. Now that these trains use crews based in Grand Junction, their departure time fluctuates. I suspect this is because the yard tries to get the train out as soon as possible after a Grand Junction crew is rested so they don't hang around the hotel too long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106006 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 26, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1513 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr rolls east under cloudy skies just west of Leyden. Three years ago, you would have seen nothing but open field on the left side of this shot. However, with Arvada annexing the land from Jefferson County, the neighborhood of Leyden Rock is growing day by day. I sure would love to have one of those houses right there along the track! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105953 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This shot reflects all of the development in the new Arvada neighborhood "Leyden Rock". The city annexed the land from Jefferson County a few years ago and immediately started development. As you can see, there are now hundreds of house up (or on the way to being up). Sure wish I lived in one of the ones right along the tracks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105952 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1324 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty - the second one I've seen in two days - heads west between Leyden and Rocky on a gloomy May afternoon. Five years ago, two coal empties with an hour or two of each other would have been the norm. Oh how times have changed and two in two days is now something of a big deal! This train, like the one the day before, is headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105919 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The wind is blowing and the snow is falling as the westbound Zephyr disappears into a cloud of white powder. March is trying hard to keep its reputation as the snowiest month in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105918 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running just a few minutes late, the westbound Zephyr charges toward the east end of Barbara's Gulch through the freshly falling snow. With a pair of P42s, a [new] baggage car, and eight Superliners, the Zephyr's consist is totally normal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105917 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1575 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Houses in Arvada's newest neighborhood, Leyden Rock, are just barely visible through the falling snow of this Winter storm, just a few days before the official start of Spring! BNSF's HPVODEN1-17A (Provo-Denver manifest) passes by, unaffected by the snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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