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Photo ID: 103839
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, July 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 13
Broomfield, CO
1567
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Due to floods in the midwest, the Front Range Sub has seen a fair amount of rerouted traffic this summer. Such was the case on this Thursday afternoon as an empty BNSF northbound enters the siding at Broomfield. The train is meeting a southbound...but the train won't fit west of Nickel Street, so the crossing will have to be cut.
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Photo ID: 103690
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, February 25, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 20
Broomfield, CO
1695
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF's Longmont Switch is backing down the Lafayette Lead to switch out a couple industries at the end of the line. In this shot, the train is backing underneath the Northwest Parkway Toll Road.
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Photo ID: 103649
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 16
Broomfield, CO
2309
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF's Longmont Switch has just crossed over US-287 in Broomfield and is backing down the Lafayette branch. This local used to run at night, but has been running in the daylight for nearly a year. While I had caught it a few times in the Summer, this is the first time I've seen it on the branch in Winter!
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Photo ID: 103636
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, December 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Broomfield, CO
2006
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The power on BNSF's Longmont Turn on this day is truly fantastic! A quartet of SD40-2's climb up the grade into Broomfield, pulling at 58 cars at milepost 17. As great as it was to watch, it was even more fantastic to listen too!
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Photo ID: 103498
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Broomfield, CO
1807
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF's Buck Local has just received a warrant to proceed from MP 18 down to MP 11. There, it will have to wait for a few minutes for MOW to clear up!
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Photo ID: 103409
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Broomfield (8,976ft)
Broomfield, CO
2356
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The DENTAC (Denver, CO to Tacoma, WA) is moving north at track speed on the main track as the Buck Local patiently waits in the siding. After reassembling their train on the main track, the local pulled into the clear to wait for the train to pass. After it cleared MP 16, the local got a warrant and backed out onto the main and proceeded into town.
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Photo ID: 103408
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
North Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1883
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The Buck Local brought cars along from Longmont when it arrived at Broomfield. Several cars did not need to go down the Lafayette branch, so the local got permission from the dispatcher to leave the cars sitting out on the main track. Fortunately, the dispatcher didn't have anything coming out of town immediately, so this did not cause any bottlenecks. Here, the train has dropped off its caboose on the Lafayette branch and is picking up its train on the main.
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Photo ID: 103407
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1966
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The Buck Local is on the Lafayette branch and the Front Range Sub mainline is in the foreground. The two converge at Burns Junction about a half mile to the east.
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Photo ID: 103406
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1795
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Peak-a-boo! With the five mile journey from the end of the line to Burns Junction nearly complete (at 10 MPH), the Buck Local will join up with the siding at Burns Junction.
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Photo ID: 103151
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Broomfield, CO
2664
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF
The same Valmont train that I shot three days earlier has been emptied and is now heading back to Denver. The two UP units from Saturday are the sole power for the empty train on this Tuesday.
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Photo ID: 103150
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15 (Burns Jct)
Broomfield, CO
2084
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Seeing as how it is only a matter of time before the Heritage paint scheme disappears, it seems prudent to try to shoot it as often as possible! BNSF 1020 was the third of three units on the HDENLAU.
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Photo ID: 103149
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15 (Burns Jct)
Broomfield, CO
2316
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Sitting at Burns Junction near the north end of the siding of Broomfield, BNSF 5082 leads the daily Denver to Laurel, MT manifest. The train will hold for the Valmont coal empty and the Longmont Turn.
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Photo ID: 103139
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 16
Broomfield, CO
1784
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Under flat, gray skies, this 6,700-foot QDENTAC is rolling north after meeting a train at Broomfield. The crew on the train have received a "Box 13" on their track warrant, indicating that they can leave the north switch of the siding in the reverse position. The next train will receive a "Box 12", instructing them to realign the switch for the main track.
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Photo ID: 103138
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15
Broomfield, CO
1984
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
I always enjoy shooing meets between trains at Broomfield because the siding and the main are on completely different alignments throughout most of the siding. This is because the tracks used to be two different (main)lines, owned by different railroads. Here, the QDENTAC is on the siding, which is several feet higher than the HLAUDEN on the main.
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Photo ID: 103137
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15
Broomfield, CO
2291
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
All three orange paint schemes that BNSF has had are represented in this picture! The QDENTAC is being led by a Heritage 2 C44-9W and a Heritage C44-9W. The single DPU on the HLAUDEN sports the New Image scheme.
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