Photo ID: 105429 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1740 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The crossing signals for what used to be Brainard Drive have been taken down and the tracks for the new north end of Broomfield siding are in place. Ballast will be coming next. I'm only guessing, but I'll bet the grade crossing on the main (where cars used to cross the tracks) will be kept. It should make for a nice place for hyrailers to set on and set off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105428 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1688 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Some earth-moving equipment sits along the tracks of the newly installed (although not yet complete) Broomfield siding. In the distance, note the tracks curving away. This is BNSF's Lafayette Branch, which is served by the Longmont Switch (local) a couple times each week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105427 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1707 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A view looking north (geographically west) along the new north end of the siding of Broomfield. The track has been laid, although ballast has not yet be placed beneath it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105426 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1870 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On Monday, August 10th, the track gangs showed up and got the ties and track down for the new north end of Broomfield. The track gang works here to check a few ties before heading to lunch. Ballast will come next along with tamping and regulating. Not long after, it should be ready for trains! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105417 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1713 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF While there are not a whole lot of them left, you can still find (standard cab) B40-8s running around on BNSFs system. This particular unit was delivered in June 1988 and is working with fellow (wide cab) B40-8 on the Longmont Switch, a local originating out of Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105416 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This exact scene (with two tracks) will not be possible too much longer! With the construction of a new underpass to connect 120th Avenue with CO-128, BNSF is moving the siding of Broomfield north of this location. Once that is complete, only the mainline will remain through this scene. This pair of B40-8s (551 being a B40-8W, of course) is slowly rolling south toward the south switch to wait for two northbounds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105400 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 2030 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF The loaded Valmont coal train sits (tied down) in the siding at Broomfield. The train has cut the grade crossing at Nickel Street, a process that soon will not be necessary once the siding of Broomfield shifts to the north side of Nickel Street. The Valmont train is loaded at Energy Mine (on the Craig Branch). UP brings the train to Denver and then turns it over to BNSF. Often times, the train will run to Valmont with the UP power still on the train! In fact, this is the exact same train that I shot a few days earlier with an unpatched Espee leader. Alas, the Espee unit was removed in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105399 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1770 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On my lunch break, I ran up to Broomfield to see what progress was being made on the siding extension to the north. As you can see here, a gang is working at the (new) north end of the siding. Rumor has it a track gang is showing up to get to work on laying track. That makes sense as I saw two track tempers being unloaded from a flat bed truck as I was leaving to head back to the office. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105388 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1603 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Looking south along the mainline toward the south end of Broomfield, we can see the start of the construction that will take 120th Avenue underneath BNSF's Front Range Sub. Within a year or two, this shot will show the tracks going over a bridge and the road running below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105387 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1618 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Building a road! The city of Broomfield is in the process of connecting 120th Avenue and CO-128. Doing so means constructing an underpass beneath BNSF's Front Range Sub. In this shot, you can see that the beginning of the underpass has been dug out leading up to the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105261 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1670 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Anybody feeling lucky? When you catch a Warbonnet looking as good as this one that just happens to have 777 as the number, seems like a good day to play the lottery! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105260 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1870 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern July 8th was an extraordinarily cool and rainy day in the Denver area. So much rain was falling, in fact, that water was quickly building up in ditches and depressions. Such is the case here as a southbound (empty) windmill blade train proceeds on the siding at Broomfield. In the not too distant future, this shot will no longer be possible. BNSF is in the process of shifting the siding at Broomfield to the north, meaning this portion of the siding will soon be torn up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105259 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1948 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern That smoke coming off the engines doesn't look too good! Not to worry...it actually isn't smoke at all. As the train was sitting (and idling) in the siding, some of the falling rain accumulated on the radiator. When the engines throttled up (and heated up), the water turned to steam! With a new track warrant taking them all the way to Denver, this southbound has crossing Nickel Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105258 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1780 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern I believe this train is an (empty) windmill blade train. I'm not entirely sure why it is headed south (since it is empty) as there is a windmill manufacturing plant in Windsor, CO. Regardless, the Norfolk Southern leader is a nice touch! If you look on the main (to the left of the train), you can see the future south siding switch for the siding of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105257 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1632 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70s (an ACe and a MAC) push on the tail end of a northbound coal empty at Broomfield. The train is crossing over Nickel Street and passing underneath US-287. BNSF frequently sends coal empties, destined for the Powder River Basin, to reduce traffic on the Brush and Angora Subs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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