Photo ID: 104395 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 4, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1640 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It has been a particularly cold and snowy Winter and Spring, so it was really nice to find moderate temperatures and this northbound coal empty hanging out near Church Ranch Lake on my way in to work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104366 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2551 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This southbound HLAUDEN (Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) is about to pass beneath US-36. The train has an ES44C4 on the point. Despite having six axles, only four of them are powered, making this unit an A1A-A1A unit (instead of a C-C unit). The center axles are not powered, but help to disperse the weight of the unit on the rails. So far, only BNSF has ordered these. What's more, EMD will be competing with the C4 by creating their own similar unit. EMDs unit will differ slightly in that their truck configuration will be B1-1B. The unit will be called an SD70ACe-P4 and should be arriving any time. Note the conductor in the cab, giving a friendly wave! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104363 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1689 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific This northbound loaded rail train is passing Church Ranch ... errr ... Lake? Unfortunately, the lake is nothing more than an empty field at the moment! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104362 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2053 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A northbound BNSF rail train has an unexpected leader! UP 7354 is leading the loaded train on this Sunday afternoon. At some point in the future - not entire clear on when that will be - there will be commuter rail tracks in this shot too. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104074 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of Warbonnets, both sporting a couple of orange components (unfortunately), leads a southbound baretable just south of Broomfield. The train is about to pass underneath US-36 near Church Ranch Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104066 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1952 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It is a bit of a brisk morning out as this BNSF double stack starts pulling north along Church Ranch Lake. The train had been waiting here so as not to block any grade crossing until the southbound they were going to meet reached Broomfield. Now that said southbound had reached Broomfield, it is time to go! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103886 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1861 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF has repaired the flooding damage done to the St Joseph Subdivision in the Omaha area. However, the Napier and Omaha Subdivisions are still out of service, so coal empties will likely continue on the Front Range Sub throughout September. Here, one such reroute is stopped near Church Ranch Lake waiting for a southbound at Broomfield. 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 2917 (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 2136 (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: 102493 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1844 (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 1802 (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. Photo ID: 102491 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1795 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A Valmont coal load hold near MP 12 (and Church Ranch Lake) on the Front Range Sub. The train will be meeting a southbound at Broomfield and the crew is holding here so as not to block Nickel Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101937 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1981 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In Westminster, the northbound Longmont Turns passes by Church Ranch Lake. The train is just about to pass under US-36. This was the exact site of a head-on collision that occurred in August 1985 between two BN trains. The fireball from that collision was so hot, the I-Beams for the overpass literally melted! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101931 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 15, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Alaska Railroad The southbound HPASSAG passes by Church Ranch Lake on a beautiful (albeit cold) morning. In tow are two DIC (Dead-In-Consist) Alaska Railroad GP49's. The units were built in May 1985 and were retired by Alaska in 2006. Now, they are headed for a very different climate in Houston, TX. There, they will work for Specialized Rail Transport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101854 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2420 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Power from the HPASSAG heads north by Church Ranch Lake, leaving the Valmont coal load behind after helping the train up Westminster Hill. The power will clear up on the main at Broomfield, allowing the coal train to get a warrant into the siding at Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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