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Photo ID: 103136
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 15
Broomfield, CO
1855
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
In the foreground, the HLAUDEN heads south on the main track while the QDENTAC is coming north on the siding above. The crews of both trains talked to each other to time the meet as well as they could. The QDENTAC is 6,700 feet long and the HLAUDEN is 7,700 feet long. This means car traffic at Nickel Street is going to be blocked for awhile!
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Photo ID: 103135
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15
Broomfield, CO
1823
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The second northbound for the day, the QDENTAC, is pulling into the siding at Broomfield. This doublestack train is one of the longest that runs in the Denver-metro area. Originating at the Rennicks Intermodal Facility in Denver, the train is headed for Tacoma, WA.
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Photo ID: 103118
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 18
Broomfield, CO
1676
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The clouds have set in on this Saturday morning as the Valmont coal load passes underneath the Northwest Parkway in Broomfield. The train is climbing is relatively steep grade, working toward Louisville.
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Photo ID: 103043
Date Shot
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Monday, August 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 16
Broomfield, CO
1537
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Pulling out of the siding at Broomfield, the northbound "Stinky Slinky" (which carries molten sulfur) is starting to pick up a little speed. The train is empty, headed for Bonneville, WY. Considering the high (backlit) summer sun, black and white seemed like a good choice for this shot!
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Photo ID: 103042
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, August 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14
Broomfield, CO
1776
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
After meeting the northbound "Stinky Slinky" (sulfur train), the southbound HLAUDEN starts to pull toward the south siding switch of Broomfield. An interesting note...the station sign of "Broomfield" has been removed and smaller signs have been added at either end of the siding that say "NSS Broomfield" and "SSS Broomfield" for "North Siding Switch" and "South Siding Switch", respectively.
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Photo ID: 103041
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, August 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 16
Broomfield, CO
1814
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A slightly different perspective of a southbound manifest approaching the north siding switch of Broomfield. At this time of year, the train was running directly into the sun! When you combine that along with the fact that the sun was nearly directly above the train, there wasn't really a sunny side of the train...
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Photo ID: 102956
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, May 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14
Broomfield, CO
1836
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
After meeting two northbounds, this rather lengthy southbound HLAUDEN works on putting its train back together. The crew had to cut Nickel street so that traffic was not blocked while the train waited for the northbounds.
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Photo ID: 102954
Date Shot
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Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 15
Broomfield, CO
2013
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The weather was all over the place on this Spring day! There was a little bit of sunshine, a bit of wind, overcast skies, lightning, thunder...and a LOT of rain. BNSF's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest pulls down the main at Broomfield where it will wait to meet its southbound counterpart. Dark lightning clouds hover ominously to the east.
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Photo ID: 102869
Date Shot
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Broomfield, CO
2127
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Just north of Broomfield, BNSF's QTACDEN (Tacoma, WA to Denver, CO) makes it way through the S-Curve at MP 17. The train is under the power of a pair of brand new ES44C4s.
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Photo ID: 102843
Date Shot
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 15
Broomfield, CO
1796
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Third out on BNSF's Laurel-Denver is this somewhat pink-looking Warbonnet SD75I. The SD75 is rated at 4,300 HP, which is 300 more than the SD70.
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Photo ID: 102842
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15 (Burns Jct)
Broomfield, CO
2146
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
At the north end of Broomfield, a southbound BNSF Laurel-Denver has a warrant all the way into town. It is a very drizzly and cold afternoon ahead of a possible Spring blizzard.
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Photo ID: 102839
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15
Broomfield, CO
1722
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After cutting away from their train, these GP60Ms are heading south down the siding at Broomfield. The will return north on the main and then back into the siding and attach to their train. That will allow them to return to Longmont.
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Photo ID: 102838
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 15 (Burns Jct)
Broomfield, CO
1962
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
This GP60M has quite a bit of patch work on it! Why? The unit number might sound familiar...this was one of the units on the northbound that derailed in June 2008 after hitting a tree stump in the tracks. Here is a shot of the unit sitting outside Homestead House after the derailment.
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Photo ID: 102836
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Broomfield, CO
2096
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
In a rare daylight run, the Longmont Switch moves south down the Lafayette spur toward Broomfield. The engines will run around its train when it reaches Burns Junction. Longs Peak stands tall in the background.
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Photo ID: 102646
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, January 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14
Broomfield, CO
1880
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A great way to finish off the day was with this Denver, CO to Laurel, MT freight (HDENLAU) at Broomfield. I shot the train a few hours earlier preparing its train for departure from the yard. Here, the train has a track warrant all the way to Longs Peak, so it won't be making a stop anytime soon!
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