Two coal trains meet at Leyden, Colorado, on the afternoon of April 27, 2001. The AC4400CW DPUs on the eastbound load include C&NW No. 8811 and SP No. 366, with the latter showing some fire damage... (more)

Eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train flies onto the “Rio Grande” bridge over State Highway 72 at West Leyden, Colorado, on April 1, 2001.

Union Pacific MDVRO (Denver to Salt Lake City manifest) charges westward out of Leyden, Colorado, during a light snowfall on January 28, 2001. Powering the train is UP SD40-2 No. 3281, followed by... (more)

Union Pacific MDVRO (Denver to Roper Yard, Salt Lake City manifest) rumbles west out of Leyden, Colorado, on September 19, 2001, powered by three EMD SD9043MACs mixed with a SD70M and two SP GE AC... (more)

Heading into the rising morning sun, Union Pacific’s MPVNY freight (Provo to North Yard, Denver manifest) drops downgrade toward Leyden, Colorado, on January 23, 2007.

Union Pacific ES44AH no. 8262 leads eastbound coal loads from West Elk Mine at Leyden in Arvada, Colo., on May 26, 2015. The train is about to cross over Indiana Avenue.

BNSF's eastbound Provo, Utah trackage rights manifest is about to duck into a cloud covered scene just west of Leyden near Arvada at a location call Chemical.

Union Pacific SD70AH no. 8846 leads two AC6044CW's, an SD70ACe, and AC4400CW on the Roper Yard to North Yard manifest at the east end of the siding at Leyden in Arvada, Colo. Searchlight signals c... (more)

In the early morning sunshine Rio Grande's ski train passes the first siding out of Denver at Leyden, headed for the Continental Divide to drop its eager passengers just outside Moffat Tunnel. Th... (more)

Just after sunrise on March 8, 2009, the Rio Grande Ski Train climbs out of Leyden, Colorado—its 16 cars and three F40PH locomotives reflecting the morning sun beneath a pastel sky.

DRGW eastbound Salt Lake City to Denver "Railblazer" approaching Denver at Leyden siding after an overnight run from SLC

At dawn, a westbound Union Pacific coal train climbs out of Leyden on January 23, 2007. Soon enough, the sun will rise above the city of Denver and a scattering of clouds to the east revealing ano... (more)

The sun rises over the Great Plains and the city of Denver on the morning of January 25, 2007, as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs the grade out of Leyden, Colorado, at the beginning ... (more)

Drifted snow is lit up by a rising sun over the plains as an eastbound Union Pacific coal train descends the 2% grade toward Denver with lone DPU GE AC4400CW No. 7305 on the rear west of Leyden, C... (more)

With plenty of alpenglow on the Front Range mountains very early on the morning of January 22, 2007, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train drops downgrade just west of Leyden, Colorado.