Photo ID: 113819 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RPCX BNSF's Denver-Laurel has a special piece of equipment in the consist today! This F7A, which has changed hands through several different railroads in its 73 years, is headed for the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum in Reardon, WA. Hopefully, once there, it will eventually be restored to its originally Spokane, Portland, and Seattle paint scheme. In the meantime, it was nice seeing it as a "car" 84 cars deep in the consist of this 8,700-foot train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113818 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6159 and BNSF 9298 lead BNSF's northbound Denver-Laurel (HDENLAU) this morning. The train is passing by Church Ranch "Lake", which dried up years ago and has really just been a field for quite some time. It is an overcast day ahead of a fairly substantial storm moving into the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113817 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of units lead a 8,700-foot Denver-Laurel manifest through Westminster on BNSF's Front Range Sub. The train just passed through a Form B. You can see the "yellow/red" board on the side of the track, which indicates the Form B starts a mile to the south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107300 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This B40-8W will likely be dropped off in Longmont to be used one of several locals that run out of Longmont each day. It probably had to be sent to Denver for a 92-day mechanical inspection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107299 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF For many, many years, it was very rare to find BNSF SD70MACs on anything other than coal trains. However, in 2018, it is becoming more common to find them in other service. Such is the case here as a 70MAC is helping out with this manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107298 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1835 (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 1793 (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: 106248 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1874 (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: 106008 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2135 (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 1919 (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: 104915 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1680 (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 1685 (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: 104398 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 4, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1724 (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 1560 (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 1751 (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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