Photo ID: 110305 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak You could not ask for a more bland, flat, gray day for a special move on the Front Range Sub! The very striking Phase VII scheme of AMTK 174 is the only real color in the scene just north of the siding of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107195 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1564 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of C44-9Ws lead a northbound manifest out of the siding at Broomfield on a snowy February morning. In addition to the power here on the point, one more C44-9W is DPU'd on the rear as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107194 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With the north switch of Broomfield aligned for the siding, this northbound manifest is able to start pulling again. They have a track warrant that goes from the north switch of Broomfield to the north switch of Longs Peak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107193 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The conductor of this northbound manifest works to throw the switch from the main to the siding so this manifest can continue north. The dispatcher gave them a "Box 13" that will allow them to leave the switch reversed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107192 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound manifest stops at the north end of Broomfield in order to throw the switch. However, before that can happen, the conductor must use a broom to sweep the snow out of the switch points so the switch can be successfully thrown. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107191 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1377 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound manifest rolls through the siding at Broomfield amidst a February blizzard. In the distance, you might be able to just see the tail end of the southbound that they met on the main. The northbound already has a warrant to continue north, but they will first have to throw the switch at the north end of the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106393 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1678 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific At the north siding switch of Broomfield, a BNSF crew has UP's ZDVSC (Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT) daily intermodal train moving quickly north. Typically, this train departs Denver between 4am and 5am and typically, of course, it runs on UP's Greeley Sub. But a derailment the previous night still had the line closed and UP needed to run the Z-Train. Many railfans were hoping that UP might decide to single-stack the containers and run the train via the Moffat (as the Moffat cannot support double stacks). Or at least run the TOFC cars via the Moffat. Instead, this equally rare shot was produced. BNSF allowed UP to run the Z-Trains on the Front Range Sub between Denver and Cheyenne. This northbound Z-Train would meet the southbound ZLADV at Longs Peak! I was able to get this shot with the last few remnants of light as the sun had already set behind the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106056 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Denver, CO 1776 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF You can almost still smell the fresh paint! GE's Tier-4 compliant engines just started showing up toward the end of 2015. The standard model is designated the ET44AC. BNSF has chosen to order a variant on that model and, thus far, has exclusively received the ET44C4. Rather than being C-C trucks, these have A1A-A1A trucks, same as the ES44C4 before them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106055 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF does a pretty good job of finding some good looking power anytime it runs a passenger train. The Employee Appreciation Special was no exception! The train has a brand new ET44C4 on the north end for power. The train is at the north end of Broomfield and crossing Brainard Drive. Another railfan, driving a class car, grabs a few shots as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106054 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1799 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF Employee Appreciation passenger special approaches the north siding switch of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105638 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF My daughter Jaina came with me on this particular afternoon to check out action on the Front Range Sub. The conductor saw her with a camera and gave a friendly wave. You may notice the second unit has a bit of a different look to it. This is the first production ET44C4 I've seen! The ET44C4 is GE's Tier 4 compliant engine and, at the time of this photo, the only (new) locomotive legal to sell in the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105637 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1962 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's daily Denver, CO to Laurel, MT mixed freight crosses (the new) Brainard Drive just north (geographically west) of the new North Siding Switch of Broomfield. The new extension to the siding is now complete and fully in service. There are no grade crossing anywhere along the siding at Broomfield now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105452 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1930 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A Warbonnet in absolutely fantastic shape leads BNSF's HLAUDEN (High Priority Manifest, Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) south at the north switch of Broomfield. Long's Peak stands tall in the distance and a Power River Basin coal empty waits patiently in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105450 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1689 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This shot looks south from Brainard Drive at the 3,000 foot extension of the Broomfield siding to the north. As you can see, track and ties have been laid and the siding is now waiting on some ballast. Also visible, in the distance, is a northbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin. It is waiting on a southbound currently in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105432 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1647 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The track gang working on building the Broomfield siding extension has gone to lunch, leaving a few pieces of track machinery sitting on the rails. After the ballast arrives, the siding here will be raised and connected to the (now-existing) switch. This will be the new north end of the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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