Photo ID: 105400 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1768 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF The loaded Valmont coal train sits (tied down) in the siding at Broomfield. The train has cut the grade crossing at Nickel Street, a process that soon will not be necessary once the siding of Broomfield shifts to the north side of Nickel Street. The Valmont train is loaded at Energy Mine (on the Craig Branch). UP brings the train to Denver and then turns it over to BNSF. Often times, the train will run to Valmont with the UP power still on the train! In fact, this is the exact same train that I shot a few days earlier with an unpatched Espee leader. Alas, the Espee unit was removed in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105399 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On my lunch break, I ran up to Broomfield to see what progress was being made on the siding extension to the north. As you can see here, a gang is working at the (new) north end of the siding. Rumor has it a track gang is showing up to get to work on laying track. That makes sense as I saw two track tempers being unloaded from a flat bed truck as I was leaving to head back to the office. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105395 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1739 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF runs a daily manifest (each way) between Denver, CO and Laurel, MT. On this particular July afternoon, a trio of GEs leads the northbound version of the train out of the siding at Broomfield. The train has a warrant as far as MP 38, south of Longmont. Before it gets there, however, maintenance (currently on the tracks) will clear up and the train will be able to continue north toward Cheyenne (its next crew change location). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105394 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) CREX, BNSF This southbound coal empty has just crossed over what used to be Brainard Drive. the asphalt is now gone and the remnants of the road are barricaded, but the crossing is still active the train still had to use its horn at the crossing. You can see the northbound that it is meeting in the siding at Broomfield in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105393 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) CREX, BNSF There has been a bit of a downturn in rail traffic in the last couple of months, but you can definitely still find leasers around, particularly on BNSF. These interesting (not necessarily colorful, as they are mainly gray) units, leased from CitiRail, are always fun to find on a train. Not sure how much longer their lease will last! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105392 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1545 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The southbound Valmont coal empty heads south alongside Midway Blvd on the approach to the north siding switch of Broomfield. It is a beautiful (and hot) August afternoon as Longs Peak stands tall in the distance. The Valmont train has already received a warrant from the Front Range Sub dispatcher to proceed south to Denver (after stopping to align the south siding switch at Broomfield for the main track). You might think something about this SD70MAC looks a bit strange. I thought so too. The nose looked too orange somehow. Then it hit me...the headlight is above the cab! On every BNSF SD70MAC that I remember seeing (prior to this one), the headlight is on the nose. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105391 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound has come to a stop at the north end of the siding of Broomfield. Soon, this will no longer be the north end of Broomfield! The track to the left leads to the Lafayette Branch. If you look closely, you'll see a new switch has been installed on the branch. The diverging route leads to the branch, and the straight route currently comes to a dead end. This will all be a part of the Broomfield siding as the siding is extended to the north. This train, the HDENLAU (Denver, CO to Laurel, MT) is waiting for the southbound Valmont coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105390 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With the extension of the Broomfield siding to the north, Brainard Drive has been relocated about a quarter mile west. This is what is left of the original Brainard Drive grade crossing! The asphalt is gone, but the concrete crossing around the rails is still present. As are the crossing lights and gates which, incidentally, are still fully functional! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105389 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1681 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Within the last week or so, the new north switch of Broomfield has been installed! As you can see, the diverging route leads to nowhere right now. But the grading for the siding is nearly complete! Rumor has it that BNSF track gangs will be showing up soon to get the new siding extension built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105388 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Looking south along the mainline toward the south end of Broomfield, we can see the start of the construction that will take 120th Avenue underneath BNSF's Front Range Sub. Within a year or two, this shot will show the tracks going over a bridge and the road running below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105387 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Building a road! The city of Broomfield is in the process of connecting 120th Avenue and CO-128. Doing so means constructing an underpass beneath BNSF's Front Range Sub. In this shot, you can see that the beginning of the underpass has been dug out leading up to the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105261 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Anybody feeling lucky? When you catch a Warbonnet looking as good as this one that just happens to have 777 as the number, seems like a good day to play the lottery! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105260 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern July 8th was an extraordinarily cool and rainy day in the Denver area. So much rain was falling, in fact, that water was quickly building up in ditches and depressions. Such is the case here as a southbound (empty) windmill blade train proceeds on the siding at Broomfield. In the not too distant future, this shot will no longer be possible. BNSF is in the process of shifting the siding at Broomfield to the north, meaning this portion of the siding will soon be torn up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105259 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1731 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern That smoke coming off the engines doesn't look too good! Not to worry...it actually isn't smoke at all. As the train was sitting (and idling) in the siding, some of the falling rain accumulated on the radiator. When the engines throttled up (and heated up), the water turned to steam! With a new track warrant taking them all the way to Denver, this southbound has crossing Nickel Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105258 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern I believe this train is an (empty) windmill blade train. I'm not entirely sure why it is headed south (since it is empty) as there is a windmill manufacturing plant in Windsor, CO. Regardless, the Norfolk Southern leader is a nice touch! If you look on the main (to the left of the train), you can see the future south siding switch for the siding of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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