Photo ID: 106161 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 2168 (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 1964 (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 1758 (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 1631 (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 1473 (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 1559 (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 1951 (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 1509 (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. Photo ID: 104915 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1531 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound Powder River Basin-bound coal empty sits stopped at milepost 12 alongside Church Ranch Lake. The train is waiting to meet a southbound at Broomfield. The coal train is too long, however, to fit in the siding without blocking any crossing. Once the southbound gets closer, the dispatcher will let this guy know that he can continue pulling in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104870 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Just north of milepost 12, along Church Ranch Lake, a northbound coal empty picks up some speed as it approaches a work zone. The bridge that carries US-36 over the tracks in Westminster is being rebuilt, requiring a Form B to protect the construction workers. Everyone is in the clear here and the empty is now headed for Broomfield where it will run through the siding and meet a southbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104862 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) CSX, BNSF Far from home, this CSX C40-8W is putting in some power sharing miles as it heads north on BNSF's Front Range Sub. This is the first C40-8W that I've seen (well, at least shot) in nearly six years. Highlighting the fact that older power is being utilized as much as possible by railroads right now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104861 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 1489 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound manifest sports a very colorful consist as it charges north at track speed through Westminster. The train is just about to pass underneath 92nd Avenue in Westminster. With no southbounds nearby, the train has a warrant to Longs Peak north of Longmont! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104398 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 4, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Unfortunately, I personally feel that EMD has gone from the masters of "aesthetically pleasing" engine design to "what were they thinking"? Particularly when it comes to the nose. Now, obviously the goal is to be functional, not pretty. I realize that...but EMD used to mix function and aesthetics. Something I think they have lost. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104397 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 4, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF While I am (and have always been) an EMD fan at heart, I must admit I do like the look of the latest generation of engines to roll out off the General Electric assembly line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104396 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 4, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1597 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Due to the grade crossing at Broomfield, northbounds that are waiting to meet southbounds at Broomfield will typically hold on the main alongside Church Ranch Lake about a mile south of the siding. A 10,000-foot-long train could stop here without blocking any crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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