The sunflowers line the tracks in the mountain meadows near Leyden. Shot on Mavic 2 Pro

BNSF 4979 whisks the new snow from overnight off the railhead at Chem near Leyden. Still overcast and snowing the train will be tied down at Leyden for a fresh crew.

A rising sun is filtered in thin clouds as the westbound Rio Grande Ski Train climbs upgrade out of Leyden, Colorado, on December 30, 2000. Leading the train this morning is Rio Grande EMD GP60 No... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal empty climbs out of the great plains working upgrade leaving Leyden, Colorado, as the sun rises on January 23, 2005. This location is at mile 14.5 miles west of Denv... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight passes the old searchlight signals at mile 14.5 on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision west of Leyden on April 20, 2003. The grass is greening up on this spring morning, but... (more)

After meeting an eastbound BNSF mixed freight at Leyden Siding, the westbound California Zephyr passes the area know as Barbara’s Gulch or Chemical for the spur that was rail served.

EMD SD70ACe-T4 No. 3035 leads the last MRONY (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to North Yard in Denver) freight across the overpass over Colo. Highway 72 at the west end of Leyden, Colorado, on Decemb... (more)

The first run of the 2019 Winter Park Express/Ski Train works upgrade and away from Denver. This year there was a lounge car added to the middle of the consist.

A BNSF freight with a visitor from the east in the consist drops downgrade towards Denver. The train will take the siding at Leyden ahead, and let the on time #5 California Zephyr pass.

The innagural run of the 2018 edition of the Amtrak Ski Train heads towards Winter Park, and catches the light of first sunrise as it climbs away from Denver.

A nearly 6 hour late late westbound Amtrak California Sephyr leaves Denver behind, and begins its assault on the front range.

While a storm rolls east over the plains and the city of Denver, a westbound Union Pacific coal empty climbs the grade out of Leyden, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 29, 1999. The train is l... (more)

As a powerful thunderstorm can be seen in the distance, UP 6365 (an ex SP AC4400CW) leads the North Yard to Roper manifest past the Cold War Horse just west of Leyden Siding on June, 13th, 2016. T... (more)

As the sun rises in the east, Amtrak's Winter Park Express races west out of Leyden Siding towards the Winter Park Ski Resort on January 7th, 2017 with the Phase I heritage unit #156 leading the t... (more)

Union Pacific’s MNYRO leaves the great plains and Denver behind as it climbs out of Leyden, Colorado, on June 19, 2017.