Photo ID: 108725 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 615 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific Five red HLCX units look a bit unusual on the Moffat, training behind three UP units coming east out of Leyden and crossing 80th Avenue. Note a UP MOW truck sitting on either side of the tracks, waiting to pick up some track and time after the manifest clears. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105958 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1360 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific One of several HLCX GP38-2s passes by the photographer on the main track at Leyden. These units are headed for Grand Junction where they will be put in storage by Union Pacific. Two years ago, railroads could not obtain power fast enough. Now, they are putting power in storage by the hundreds! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105890 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific UP has been sending a lot of older power to Grand Junction for storage, so it was interesting to see this HLCX GP38-2 coming back to Denver. Perhaps Denver needs a few extra units for switching... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105463 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1603 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local diverges and moves from the Main track to Main 2 at Arvada. The local has half a dozen covered hoppers in tow. The local is meeting a westbound BNSF manifest that is currently sitting on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1645 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slows in preparation for hooking on to a trio of covered hoppers, loaded with aggregate by Texas Industries Inc. Note that the second hopper is of Chicago Northwestern heritage. For several months, the West Local was not running. Apparently, flood waters had caused some damage along the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Texas Industries thought UP should repair the track and UP thought Texas Industries should. Consequently, the local stopped running and, during that time, Texas Industries trucked their aggregate to Loveland and loaded it on BNSF. It appears that the tracks on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead has been repaired (although I have no clue by whom) and this is the third week the local has run since restarting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105459 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1888 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slowly descends down a fairly steep grade at the north end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. The brakeman is standing by to guide the train as it will pick up hoppers from Texas Industries Inc., an aggregate company. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105458 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing There was a time in the not-too-distance past that you would have found Rio Grande geeps running on the West Local. Those days are gone now, however, as is evident in this picture. Not even UP units are being used on the West Local right now, as a trio of geeps leased from "Helm Leasing" head north on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105457 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The Rocky Flats Industrial Lead perhaps looks a little worse for the wear! Lots of rain in 2015 has led to lots of growth. The West Local (currently just light power) progresses north toward the north end of the spur where they will pick up a handful of covered hoppers from the only customer remaining for the West Local to serve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105456 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1640 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local is passing by the wye at Rocky Flats. The light power is approaching the grade crossing that once led to the Rocky Flats plant. If you look, you can see part of a cattle guard in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105455 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing A trio of Helm Leasing geeps traverse the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead just west of the location of where Rocky Flats once stood. This is the West Local and it is headed for the aggregate company at the end of the 4-mile-long spur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103607 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bowden Yard Jacksonville, FL 1662 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Helm Leasing Helm Leasing acquired some units from BNSF. I found these SD40-2's sitting on a rip track on the east side of the yard. I assume they are being leased to Florida East Coast. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102777 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 632 Denver, CO 1718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Helm Leasing A pair of GP38-2 leasers from Helm Leasing hang out near Roydale. These units are typically used on a local that works overnights in the area. Very clean-looking paint schemes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102586 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 17, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 2010 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Helm Leasing This GP38-2 has found second life as a leaser for Helm Leasing. It was the second unit out on the MNYNP, headed for North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102455 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1920 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Helm Leasing I noted a freshly-painted HLCX GP38-2 sitting near the shops at North Yard. This is an interesting unit in that it appears to be a GP40-2 (three radiator fans, etc), there are two exhaust stacks. This shows the un-turbocharged GP38-2 prime mover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.