Photo ID: 104514 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound coal empty was apparently having some issues with its lead unit when it arrived in Denver. A very clean UP 7796 (an ES44AC - or a C45ACCTE as UP designates it) now leads as the trains highballs on the main through the curve at the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104515 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I really like the shot looking down toward the west end of Leyden. In the distance, you can see the hoppers that are welded to the rails on the side of Big Ten Curve. Interestingly, I just shot UP 5895 (the trailing unit) three days earlier on the point of an eastbound coal load! This train came from Kinder Morgan in Houston, TX and is headed for the loadout at Energy. Somebody is going to have a little hostling of power to do in Phippsburg. Energy Mine does not have a balloon track, so the power on the tail end when the train arrives becomes the lead power when the train departs! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104516 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1796 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There is a good two-mile stretch of straight track east out of Leyden. Makes for a nice telephoto shot of the West Local on the approach to the east switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104517 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can pretty clearly see the grade westbound climb on the approach to Leyden. About a mile to the east, the tracks "drop off" and descend back toward Denver...whose skyline is visible to the left. Meanwhile, a very short West Local prepares to knock down the signal at east Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104518 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1944 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Once upon a time, the local was called the Rocky Local (DRGW and Espee days) and ran west out of North Yard on Tuesday's and Thursday's. It would serve some industries in Arvada, Mesa Oil on the Chem Spur west of Leyden, and Rocky Flats. When Rocky Flat shut down and was subsequently dismantled and cleaned up, there was a spike in rail traffic. In 2005, the West Local ran five days a week and would take as many as fifty cars out to the site. Today, with the Rocky Flats cleanup project complete and Mesa Oil moving to a new location in Denver, the one or two industries in Arvada and a single industry on the Rocky Spur (TXI Aggregate) are all that remain for the local to serve. Now, the local runs only on Wednesdays. And, as you will can see in this picture, the three covered hoppers the local is hauling to TXI is a far cry from the fifty cars from almost a decade ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104519 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1537 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The light package on the nose of this unit makes its heritage pretty clear! This GP40-2 was delivered to Espee in March of 1980 as SP 7667. On this gloomy day, it leads a short West Local west on the main at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104520 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1558 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1373 is one of only three GP40P-2s once rostered by Espee (built in November 1976). It was used by Espee in commuter rail service in the San Francisco area (as SP 3198) and had a steam generator included (hence the extra "P", for "Passenger") for power. That said, it hasn't been a real GP40P-2 in nearly 30 years! The steam generator was removed in June 1985. Espee renumbered it SP 7601 and placed it in general freight service. The extended enclosure for the generator remained, however...and remains to this day! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104521 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1942 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande This GP40-2 is no stranger to these rails! Not long ago, this was DRGW 3126...one of the last GP40-2s delivered to Rio Grande. As time marches forward, nearly every former Rio Grande unit still rostered by UP has received a full repaint. UP 1348 is no exception! Just like the numerous MP, WP, MKT (and numerous others) from UP's past, armour yellow dominates. In the distance, you can see Ralston Valley High School, which was built at the beginning of the 21st Century. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104522 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1659 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific For you car lovers out there, the [only] three cars on the West Local on this day were all of Milwaukee Road heritage. Looking a little worse for wear, the local is taking them to the Rocky Spur to deliver them to TXI Aggregate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.