Photo ID: 107298 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1855 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Cheyenne manifest has a very colorful consist on it today as it passes by a frozen Church Ranch Lake and great, snowy mountains in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107297 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1817 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver to Cheyenne manifest approaches Church Ranch Lake with an SD70ACe on the point. This view, from right near the US-36 overpass, is a great spot to catch northbounds in the morning almost any time of year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106392 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wadsworth Blvd Westminster, CO 2090 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific Here is a shot that might make you do a double take! UP power on an intermodal train coming underneath 92nd Avenue on the BNSF Front Range Sub!? Yep! A derailment near Eaton, CO on the Greeley Sub resulted in UP running their daily Z-Train north via BNSF to Cheyenne. Two ES44ACs and two SD70Ms lead up the train on the approach to Wadsworth Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106391 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wadsworth Blvd Westminster, CO 1936 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific Now here is a rare site to behold! Due to a derailment on UP's Greeley Sub, UP talked to BNSF and rerouted the daily ZDVSC up the Front Range Sub to Cheyenne. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever happened! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 88th Avenue Westminster, CO 1873 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of a northbound coal empty. The train is crossing 88th Avenue on the Front Range Sub. If you look in the distance just to the left of the train, you can see a couple of apartment buildings. I actually lived in those building for about 18 months when I was in college! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106344 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 88th Avenue Westminster, CO 1900 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin approaches the 88th Avenue grade crossing in Boulder. The overpass in the distance is that of Sheridan Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106248 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1894 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a rather gloomy Wednesday, a northbound BNSF work train passes by Church Ranch Lake in Westminster. A pair of C44-9Ws lead ballast train that includes some ballast washers on it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106161 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 2518 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels A chartered passenger special, setup by High Iron Travels, heads north on BNSF's Front Range Sub past the new Commuter Rail station in Westminster. This station is part of the "B-Line" that, in theory, will eventually reach Boulder and Longmont. For the time being, this is the end of the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106008 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels High Iron Travels Front Range Explorer passenger train, a specially chartered excursion, heads north around Church Ranch Lake in Westminster. This pair of Amtrak P42s were leased, as were two Amtrak crews. There is a BNSF pilot in the cab to assist with the rules of the route, track warrants, etc. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106007 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1942 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels This is a rare train running on rare miles. The train is part of a special charter by High Rail Travels. The special, called the Front Range Explorer, left Denver just after 7am and was headed for Gillette, WY to tie up for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105263 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1821 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern A leased Norfolk Southern C44-9W and a Warbonnet C44-9W (which looks to be in very good shape) coming around the big fill in Westminster with an empty windmill blade train. The fill had to originally be built in order to cross over the Big Dry Creek. Building a fill was apparently less expensive that build a large (curved) bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105262 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1659 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern A southbound (empty) windmill blade trains come around the big fill in Westminster. The train just met a northbound coal empty at Broomfield and now has a track warrant from the South Siding Switch Broomfield to Restricted Limits MP 4. That will take the train all the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105143 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1716 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound coal empty has come to a stop, the end DPUs sitting on the Westminster Fill. The train will likely be meeting a southbound at the siding of Broomfield. However, Broomfield has two grade crossing and, as such, northbounds will usually hold near Church Ranch Lake until the dispatcher tell them to pull in to the clear when the southbound is close enough. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105142 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 2268 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF For about a decade, the SD70MAC reigned king on BNSF coal trains. Today, it is somewhat rare to find a pair lashed up together! However, that was the case on a beautiful Thursday afternoon as this pair of SD70MACs bring up the rear of a northbound coal empty. Longs Peak makes for a great backdrop as the train hustles across Wadsworth Blvd in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105141 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 1648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF To alleviate some congestion on the Brush and Angora Subs, BNSF will frequently send a few coal empties north on the Front Range Sub. One such example is this empty, which is headed for a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Here, the train is passing underneath 92nd Avenue in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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