Photo ID: 106574 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70M leads a westbound train toward the east switch of Leyden. I've always loved this telephoto shot, which you can get from the shoulder of 82nd Avenue. My dad took several pictures from this spot of SD40T-2s leading Rio Grande trains west back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106575 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Moffat has picked up a little variety lately, with a smattering of unusual trains showing up. Case-in-point is this military train, headed for Yermo, CA. The train is taking the siding at Leyden to meet an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106576 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It has been more than a decade since UP last ran a military train on the Moffat. They became a little jaded after the last one required four crews to ultimately go nowhere! The story goes that there were some open-top auto racks with Humvees in them. The car department was inspecting the cars to ensure they'd fit through the tunnels while the train was in North Yard. That was the first crew. The second crew was called and the train headed west, but tripped a high-wide detector in Arvada. So the train stopped at Rocky and waiting for the car department, who came out and again measured the cars. A third crew was called to take the train west...but a few of the Humvees were in fact too tall and just scraped the top of Tunnel 10. The train was tied down at Crescent and waited for a fourth crew. The car department let the air out of the tires of the Humvees and the train was able to return to Denver and ultimately go through Wyoming. Needless to say, the military train in this shot has no auto racks on it! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106577 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1072 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load rolls slowly down the main at Leyden, meeting a military train that is already on the siding. The coal train will stop not too far ahead to check out the rail. There have been reports of trespassers in the area and it turns out they placed rocks and railroad spikes on the rail head! Fortunately, the debris was spotted and removed. I actually spoke briefly to the conductor and it was believed the train could have easily derailed had the debris not been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106578 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After a major dropoff in coal loadings in western Colorado, there has been a bit of a rebound in the summer of 2017. While coal traffic is nothing like it was ten years earlier, coal trains are showing up several a week. During the winter prior, coal traffic was down to as few as one train every 1-2 weeks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.