Photo ID: 106863 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1045 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AH leads a westbound coal empty on the main at Leyden. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifest sits in the siding at Leyden. The train has been here for a few hours while the yard in Denver works to find a spot for them. Soon after meeting the coal empty, it'll finally be their turn to roll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106864 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1077 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This train is symboled as the CDRWE9-14. This is the same symbol that has found a solid set of CSX units leading a couple times over the last few months. This time around, it appears that CSX power was swapped out for UP power when CSX handed the train over to UP. A new ET44AH leads the train west at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106865 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Geez, it's almost like it's 2004 again! I don't specifically recall the last time I saw two C44-9Ws, both in Heritage 2 paint, leading a BNSF train on the Moffat (or anywhere, for that matter). Yet, such is the case here as a Lincoln-Denver leaves the siding at Leyden, headed for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106866 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After spending a few hours in the siding at Leyden, BNSF's yard in Denver is finally read for this Provo-Lincoln manifest. DS-86 had issued a crossing protection order for the grade crossing at Simms Street, but the crossing was repaired and the dispatcher contacted the conductor and was voiding the order right around the time this shot was being taken. Had the order not been voided, the train would have had to come to a stop at Simms Street to have the conductor protected the crossing as the train entered it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106867 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 1153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal train glides east down the grade through the suburb of Arvada. Oberon Road is over to the left, as is Independence Park. The train, which loaded at West Elk on the North Fork Branch, is approaching the 66th Avenue grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106868 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 1139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The City of Arvada has been working to convert most of the grade crossing the Moffat intersects with to be "quiet zones". The grade crossing at 66th Avenue now has quad crossing, but is not quite yet a quiet zone as testing is still ongoing with the crossing and surrounding stoplights. Mid-train swing helpers rolling through the quad crossing on the way to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106869 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 989 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As is typically the case with eastbound coal loads, a single unit brings up the tail end. The train will take Bypass 2 in Denver and the three mid-train swing helpers will be cut out. A new crew will be called, and will take the train east on the KP and on to the great plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.