Photo ID: 110317 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Boulder Boulder, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak On the east edge of Boulder, a special Amtrak run heads east on BNSF's Front Range Subdivision. The train has a track warrant that will take it all the way back to Denver. A northbound BNSF Denver-Laurel manifest is in the siding at Broomfield, waiting for the special to arrive before continuing north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110316 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Boulder Boulder, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak A special Amtrak move crosses Arapahoe Road in eastern Boulder. The move is part of some early steps to try to bring Amtrak intercity trains along the Front Range in Colorado. There are two bridges that cross Arapahoe Road here, due to a widening of the road several years ago. Will the second, currently inactive bridge be used in the future if a second main is added to the line? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110315 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak It is not too often the opportunity comes up to get shots of Amtrak P42DCs and/or Amtrak Superliners passing by the Valmont power plant in Boulder on BNSF's Front Range Sub! Here, AMTK 169 is leading a special move from Longmont back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108710 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Boulder Boulder, CO 743 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The sun moves to the western sky as a southbound BNSF wind blade train makes its way in to Boulder. The train is configured 1x1, meaning there is a single unit on the head end and, as seen here, a single DPU bringing up the rear of the train. As the work day comes to an end, traffic on the Diagonal Highway is starting to pick up. This highway connects the cities of Boulder and Longmont and sees a lot of traffic over the course of a day. The flatirons of the Rockies stand tall in the distance under summer clouds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106164 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels It is actually rather amazing just how many classic passenger cars are in the United States that are now privately owned! 21 of them were on this chartered train, headed for Spokane, WA for an AAPRCO (American Association of Private Rail Car Owners) convention. This would be one heck of a ride, traveling over very rare passenger mileage. Originally, I had planned to chase the train north to Cheyenne and beyond. However, another train caught my attention instead...see the next picture in the gallery! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106163 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1764 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Amtrak P40DC #822, wearing the 40th Anniversary "Phase III" paint scheme, leads the High Iron Travels excursion train north along the diagonal north of Boulder. The 21-car train is headed for a private rail car owner convention in Spokane, WA. Nice to see Amtrak lending out such a classy unit to lead the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106010 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1776 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels The Flat Iron are just barely visible to the left as a very unique train makes an appearance on the BNSF Front Range Sub. This entire train is specially chartered for a trip from Dallas, TX to Chicago, IL via Denver, CO and Minot, ND. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106009 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1761 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak In between Jay Road and 55th Street, the Front Range Explorer excursion train is on the roll north of Boulder. The tracks here parallel the Diagonal Highway, connecting Boulder and Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105639 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1782 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest, with a trio of elephant-style GEs for power, crosses the South Siding Switch of Boulder. I had originally wanted to get this shot more toward the middle of the siding, but a string of empty hoppers (that delivered coal to the Valmont Power Plant) blocked that plan. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105603 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 1791 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound ballast train with a single ES44C4 rolls south along Hillcrest Reservoir. The Valmont power plant, which is the primary power provider for Boulder, stands on the other side of the reservoir. The power plant is currently coal-powered, but that is expected to change in 2017 when it switches to natural gas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105602 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 1681 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A classic shot taken from Legion Park in Boulder, BNSF's Buck Local passes Hillcrest Reservoir (one of three reservoirs all right next to one another) on its journey toward Broomfield. Upon arriving in Broomfield, the local will make a trip on the Lafayette Branch to switch out the center beams loaded with lumber. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105601 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 1697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With a track warrant to proceed south to Broomfield, the Buck Local enters the main track near Valmont. Here, the train had been switch some industries. With switching complete, the pair of B40-8Ws are ready to make the 10 mile journey. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105600 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 1607 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on the northbound manifest gives a wave to the crew on the southbound sitting in the siding at Boulder. The southbound is a ballast train that is headed for Broomfield to lay ballast on the siding extension at the north end. Once the manifest clears and the Buck Local (currently tucked away in industry tracks at Valmont about a mile south) gets to Broomfield, the ballast train will also get a track warrant to head south to Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105599 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1656 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's HDENLAU (High Priority Manifest, Denver, CO to Laurel, MT) crosses the south switch at Boulder. The large "D" sign to the right indicates that the derail is set on the Boulder siding. If you've followed my site for awhile, you know that I used to work in Boulder and would often get shots around the area. I haven't worked in Boulder for eight years now, so I it nice to get back there and get a few shots now and then. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105598 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Boulder Boulder, CO 1539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest pulls toward the south switch of the siding of Boulder. This stretch of track had a lot of damage, a large portions of the ballast and ground beneath were washed away, during the flooding in September 2013. Two years later, there is little evidence is left of the event. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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