Photo ID: 103298 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1860 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting Amtrak at Clay, this empty rail train has clear signals the rest of the way into Denver. Once there, a new crew will get on the train and take it to Pueblo, where more rail can be loaded on to it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103297 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 (CP DS016) Arvada, CO 1684 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This empty rail train just dropped off its rails along the Overland route between Elko and Wells, NV. Now empty, the train is returning to Pueblo where it will pick up more rail from Colorado Fuel and Iron. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103296 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 (CP DS013) Arvada, CO 1857 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a 90 minute delay at Leyden due to a broken down manifest, the westbound California Zephyr is finally on the roll again at the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103295 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 (CP DS013) Arvada, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Leyden, the MNYRO is backing into the clear in the siding to allow Amtrak to continue west. The MNYRO kept losing communication with its tail end DPU units, causing the train to go into emergency. These problems took so much time, that the crew on board will actually get relieved right here at Leyden! A new crew will bring out a new unit to put on the head end to resolve the communication issues. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103294 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 (CP DS013) Arvada, CO 1548 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After losing communication with these two DPU units, the MNYRO went into emergency west of Leyden. After an hour of checking, the crew is now backing the track down the mainline and into the siding at Leyden. The train is about to cross over Indiana Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103293 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 (CP DS013) Arvada, CO 1878 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr got into Denver 2 hours and 42 minutes late due to bad weather in the midwest. Unfortunately, it only got 13 miles west of Union Station before betting stopped for another 90 minutes! The Zephyr is stopped here on the mainline at Leyden due to the MNYRO going into emergency ahead of it. The crew on the MNYRO worked to back the train into the siding at Leyden to clear up for Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103266 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Arvada, CO 1909 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Due to the decline in the economy in the last few years, the West Local (formerly the Rocky Local) has gone from a twice-a-week job on Tuesday's and Thursday's to a once-a-week job on Wednesday's. Here, the West Local is returning to Denver with nine covered hoppers and a tank car. A GP40-2 and a GP38-2 provide power for the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103257 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Arvada, CO 1323 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The winter season is definitely good for getting those late afternoon "glint" shots! The sun is just a few minutes from setting behind the mountains as this westbound coal empty has clear signals at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103256 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 (CP DS012) Arvada, CO 1588 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty with a patch Espee AC4400CW makes it way west through Leyden on a clear signal just after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Houses have sprung up at east Leyden quite a bit in the last five years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103199 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2240 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Feeling chilly yet? Behind the clouds, the sun has actually set behind the Colorado Rockies as this eastbound coal load heads east toward Leyden with a clear signal in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 (CP DS012) Arvada, CO 3383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande On days when the forecast calls for heavy snow in the mountains, UP will often dispatch a "Snow Bus" train west out of Denver. If roads are impassible and a crew needs to be relieved on a train, the Snow Bus will use the rails to pick up the old crew and replace it with a fresh crew. Here, the Snow Bus at Leyden is led by UP 1989. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103190 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Arvada, CO 2012 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific Holy cow! I was very pleased to catch this unpatched Espee unit serving as a DPU on this coal load. At the time of this picture, there were only 12 unpatched Espee AC4400CW's remaining on UP's roster. That is out of the 273 that were originally rostered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103189 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Arvada, CO 1790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a beautiful (albeit chilly) Sunday morning along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies as this eastbound coal load has clear signals at Leyden to continue east in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Arvada, CO 2030 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A long lens look at both the head end and the tail end of this westbound BNSF manifest. Thanks to the sharp left turn at Little Ten Curve, you can readily see both end of this train, stopped on the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103187 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Arvada, CO 1542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very frosty afternoon along the western edge of the city of Arvada (a suburb of Denver). BNSF's daily Denver to Provo (UT) manifest takes the siding at Rocky to prepare to meet a pair of trains, including Amtrak 6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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