Photo ID: 107960 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 819 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound MGJNY had a few dozen empty flat cars on its tail end. Here, we are hovering above them as the train heads toward the siding at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107959 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 941 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While UP no longer runs a manifest between Denver and Salt Lake City over the Moffat, a manifest is still run regularly between Denver and Grand Junction (and vice versa). Here is one such Grand Junction to North Yard manifests on a beautiful (and temperate) January morning, just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107958 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 876 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MGJNY passes by an Approach Diverging signal at milepost 14.6. The train has a "double yellow" signal because it is going in to the siding at Leyden to meet a slightly late Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107938 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 886 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A bit of snow remains on the ground as a westbound BNSF manifest charges west out of Leyden toward a clear intermediate signal. With a little luck, the train will make it to Grand Junction with a single crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107937 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 870 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An ES44C4 and two C44-9Ws, both still in Heritage 2 paint, lead a westbound Denver-Provo manifest west of Leyden. The train held the main to wait for its counterpart, which took the siding and tied down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107936 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 918 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An aerial shot of a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest coming west out of Leyden. The body of water in the immediate background is Welton Reservoir. The body of water further back is Stanley Lake. This general area of Arvada has been exploding in the last decade, and more development is likely to come. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107928 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 817 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP rock train headed west out of Denver. The train, interestingly, is headed for Steamboat Springs on the Craig Branch. The train has 56 loaded gondolas on the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107866 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 946 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a hot August day and the foliage is just about at its max for the Denver area. A loaded BNSF sand train crawls west between Leyden and Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107865 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 923 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Even though the leasing craze that struck a few years ago has largely passed, it does not mean all leasers are gone! Case in point are the two Citi Rail ES44ACs on this BNSF unit sand train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107854 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The passengers look out of the Sightseer Lounge car at a frozen, white, winter wonderland. Unfortunately, no views of the plains will be available on this frigid afternoon as the train makes it way west, up and in to the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107853 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is moving at track speed as it clips through a February blizzard west of Leyden. It is just a few minutes before noon and the snow really picked up within the past hour. It is falling at a rate of about 1 1/2 inches per hour, making for some extreme, but beautiful, conditions for photography. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107852 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The two P42DCs on the point of the Zephyr is about all you can see emerging from the blizzard. The train is about three hours late on this morning, but regardless of the delay, I am sure passengers are very happy to be warm on board the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107851 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running about three hour behind schedule as it starts to become visible through a vicious February blizzard that has a lot of snow and wind and a temperature of only 15°F (-9°C) out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107850 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 28, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 989 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Ahhh, Colorado weather! At 4am, there was not a cloud in the sky. By 8am, there was over three inches of fresh snow and it was still coming down. Highways were shut down in the Denver-Metro area and commutes to school that usually take 15 minutes were taking an hour or more. Then, by noon, the sun was out and snow was melting. Here, at 3:30pm, the roads were just west and was able to easily get track side to capture a seven hour late Zephyr just west of Leyden amongst the freshly fallen snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107849 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 28, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1078 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a snowy January afternoon, a tardy westbound Zephyr has excellent afternoon light. Bad weather on the plains contributed to the train being seven hours late out of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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