Photo ID: 102119 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1817 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the east switch of Leyden, the eastbound California Zephyr is on the roll with two special Amfleet cars on the end. The first car is AMTK 10001, named Beech Grove and is an Amtrak Business Car. The second car is AMTK 10002, named Corridor Clipper and is an Amtrak Track Geometry Car. This car tests the rails and is capable of accurately testing the rails at speeds up to 135 MPH (which it regularly does along the Northeast Corridor). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102118 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1925 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about 45 minutes late, the eastbound California Zephyr is picking up some speed as it enters the west side of the Denver-Metro area at Leyden. Looks like the lead unit, AMTK 177, has been tapped on the nose a time or two! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102109 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1979 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the house track at Leyden, a unit pipe train heads west on the main track. The train is headed for Empire, CO on the Craig Branch. This is at least the 10th such train to head to empire in the last three years! The train came across UP's Limon Subdivision with BNSF power the day before. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102091 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS013) Arvada, CO 2237 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National Of all the units that I may have guessed I'd shoot crossing over this old Grande bridge of Indiana Avenue, a Canadian National C40-8M cowl unit was *not* one of the ones that would have come to mind! Yet, here it is, the sixth unit on an eastbound BNSF manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102017 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 25, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1683 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single C44-9W brings up the tail end of this MPVDVJ-24, now on the last 12 miles of its journey from Provo into Denver. Provo trains almost always consist primarily of tank cars, and this train is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102016 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 25, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1678 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound MPVDVJ did not have the power that was advertised to me by a friend! My friend indicated that they thought the train was going to be led by a Cascade Green SD60M ... a very rare site on the Moffat. Unfortunately, two Dash-9s were all the train had to offer. Granted the lead unit was BNSF 5378. 5378 was one of the 73 SD40T-2s rostered by Rio Grande. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102012 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1719 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Ever underestimate how quickly the sun will actually set!? There was a brilliant sunset on this evening and I headed to Leyden to try to get a shot of a westbound. Unfortunately, by the time the train arrived, the sun was all but gone! Headlights reflecting off the rail clearly reveal that UP 7215 is headed into the siding at Leyden to meet Amtrak 6. The "train" is actually 12 units being moved to Glenwood Springs to be used as swing helpers on eastbound coal loads coming out of Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101945 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS013) Arvada, CO 3058 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train At the west end of Leyden, the Ski Train has pretty well reached track speed for the trip back into town. At its peak, Amtrak held 215 F40PHs on the roster. Many of these units were designated F40PHRs, the "R" indicated they had been built - to some extent - using parts from traded in SDP40's. Such was the case for all three of the Ski Train units (SKTX 242, SKTX 283 and SKTX 289). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101935 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1715 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is early in the morning as the eastbound MRONY-17 sits in the hole at Leyden. Among other things, the train is waiting for the westbound Zephyr to get out of own before it will wrap up its 500+ mile journey. The train was led by an SD70ACe, three C44-9Ws and an AC4400CW. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101928 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2642 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train It is a rather dark (and overcast) morning as the westbound Ski Train highballs the east end of Leyden. Note the crossing signals, still activated, at 80th Avenue directly above SKTX 242. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101906 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is a fairly unique unit on UP's roster. Note that "Union Pacific" is not spelled out on the long hood, and indeed something else has been covered up. In March 1997, UP took delivery of 10 AC4400CW's that served as warranty protection units. They were in armour yellow, but were lettered "GECX" and were numbered GECX 4000 to GECX 4009. UP purchased the units out right in January 1998 and the units were soon renumbered to UP 7000-UP 7009. By April 2001, the renumbering had been completed. As of this picture, the "GECX" on the long hood was starting to show through once again! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101905 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1451 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Waiting for one of the two bypass tracks to open in Denver, this eastbound coal load - the CEYTCH-04 - is taking the siding at Leyden. Once one of the tracks has opened up, the train will continue on its way. It is ultimately headed for Cora, IL. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101819 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load, the CWEPAH-28, heads down the main at Leyden on the approach to Denver. The dispatcher has already informed the crew of the train that they should cut out the mid-train swing helpers and put the train back together when reaching North Yard. The crew that will take the train east out of town would be on duty soon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101818 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex Always nice to come across different paint scheme, especially here in Colorado where UP and BNSF are everywhere you look! This ES44AC is visiting from south of the border. Ferromex is one of the major Mexican railroads. They seem to share power with BNSF more than UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101817 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1524 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound Denver to Provo manifest has three units on the point and these two DPU's on the back. The train is moving a fair amount of refined gasoline toward Utah. The train is holding at Leyden for a meet with an eastbound coal load. 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