Photo ID: 103141 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Westminster, CO 1899 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After crossing over Old Wadsworth Blvd in Westminster, this Laurel to Denver manifest continues on its journey into town. The train has three units on the point, a single DPU on the rear, and nearly 8,000 feet of train in between! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103140 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Westminster, CO 1924 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After waiting for about 30 minutes on the main track in Westminster, the extremely long HLAUDEN has finally received the okay from the yard in Denver to proceed into town. The yard had to make sure they had space for the train before allowing it to proceed on in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103131 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 7 Westminster, CO 2111 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Canadian National BNSF's HDENLAU had a rare treat on this particular morning. A Zebra-striped full body Canadian National SD60F was included in the consist. Canadian national is the only railroad that ordered several full body units from EMD and GE after 1970. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103130 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 7 Westminster, CO 1935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a rather crummy weather morning, BNSF's daily HDENLAU (Denver, CO to Laurel, MT) freight has just left Denver and is approaching the 80th Avenue grade crossing in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103117 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2621 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF For a few months, the Valmont coal train loaded exclusively on BNSF in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. That has changed, however, as the train is now loading in western Colorado (on UP) once again. As a result, the power on the Front Range Sub is once again mixed between BNSF and UP as the Valmont train wraps around Church Ranch Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102957 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1925 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's daily Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest wraps around the curve leading under the bridge of US-36, which I was standing on for the shot. This is almost the exact spot where two Burlington Northern trains hit head-on in a collision in 1985. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102922 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Westminster, CO 1585 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Rails for Laurel! This rail train was loaded at Rocky Mountain Steel Mills (formerly CF&I) in Pueblo. The train is now headed for Laurel, MT (and points beyond). The never-ending task of railroad maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102921 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Westminster, CO 1815 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF rail train crosses over Pierce Street in Westminster. Later in the day, this train and crew is involved in a horrific accident when it struck a woman lying on the tracks, attempting (and succeeding) at committing suicide. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The ES44C4 (shown here) is something of joint venture between BNSF and GE. 25 units have been delivered to BNSF. They are A1A-A1A units, meaning the center axle on either truck is a dummy axle; it does not have a traction motor. The theory is that 4 AC traction motors provide roughly the same tractive effort (at track speed) as 6 DC traction motors. If the units pan out, BNSF plans to run them on intermodal trains on the Transcon to save on traction motor costs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102871 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1869 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44C4s lead BNSF's QTACDEN around the fill in Westminster. This is near the location of the derailment of the Longmont Local 10 months earlier when the train struck a deliberately-placed tree stump. The QTACDEN consists of unit auto racks on the first half of the train and double stack (COFC) cars on the second half of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102870 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1592 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Not long before this shot, BNSF received 25 ES44C4s. Two of those units happened to appear on the QTACDEN, which came down the south end of the Front Range Sub in late afternoon light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102496 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Westminster, CO 1861 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A scorched BNSF C44-9W and a UP C44-9W team up - elephant style - to lead the Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX freight (HPASSAG) south well after sunset. The train is approaching the 92nd Avenue underpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102495 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Westminster, CO 2139 (10 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Please feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think of this shot! It was a high ISO (800) and hence a bit grainy. I actually really like the way it turned out in black and white. The train approaching is the HPASSAG (Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX) about a mile and a half north of the Westminster Mall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102493 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1635 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Had this Valmont coal train been headed south, the lighting would have been far better! Here is a look at the two Warbonnets leading up the northbound coal load, currently stopped to wait for a southbound currently in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102492 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1583 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Temperatures on this day had warmed up to close to 30 degrees...a downright heat wave from the 5 degree high the day before! The crew on this stopped Valmont coal load seem to be taking advantage of the "nice" weather by opening the nose door on the lead unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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