Photo ID: 103406 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1705 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Peak-a-boo! With the five mile journey from the end of the line to Burns Junction nearly complete (at 10 MPH), the Buck Local will join up with the siding at Burns Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103405 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Lafayette, CO 1616 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It is a beautiful, 70°F Spring day in Colorado as the Buck Local heads back toward Burns Junction. The Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, which opened in December 2004, is behind the train. Longs Peak is towering over them all. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103401 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Lafayette, CO 1796 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Proof-positive that the Lafayette Branch is not at any risk of getting abandoned anytime in the immediate future! A tamper is working to do whatever it is that tampers do (see the comments with regards to this statement - hopefully you'll get a laugh) just past the highway 287 grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103151 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 2566 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF The same Valmont train that I shot three days earlier has been emptied and is now heading back to Denver. The two UP units from Saturday are the sole power for the empty train on this Tuesday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103150 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 (Burns Jct) Broomfield, CO 1983 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Seeing as how it is only a matter of time before the Heritage paint scheme disappears, it seems prudent to try to shoot it as often as possible! BNSF 1020 was the third of three units on the HDENLAU. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103149 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 (Burns Jct) Broomfield, CO 2169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Sitting at Burns Junction near the north end of the siding of Broomfield, BNSF 5082 leads the daily Denver to Laurel, MT manifest. The train will hold for the Valmont coal empty and the Longmont Turn. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103139 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Under flat, gray skies, this 6,700-foot QDENTAC is rolling north after meeting a train at Broomfield. The crew on the train have received a "Box 13" on their track warrant, indicating that they can leave the north switch of the siding in the reverse position. The next train will receive a "Box 12", instructing them to realign the switch for the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103138 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 1888 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF I always enjoy shooing meets between trains at Broomfield because the siding and the main are on completely different alignments throughout most of the siding. This is because the tracks used to be two different (main)lines, owned by different railroads. Here, the QDENTAC is on the siding, which is several feet higher than the HLAUDEN on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103137 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 2164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF All three orange paint schemes that BNSF has had are represented in this picture! The QDENTAC is being led by a Heritage 2 C44-9W and a Heritage C44-9W. The single DPU on the HLAUDEN sports the New Image scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103136 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 1762 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In the foreground, the HLAUDEN heads south on the main track while the QDENTAC is coming north on the siding above. The crews of both trains talked to each other to time the meet as well as they could. The QDENTAC is 6,700 feet long and the HLAUDEN is 7,700 feet long. This means car traffic at Nickel Street is going to be blocked for awhile! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103135 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 1753 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The second northbound for the day, the QDENTAC, is pulling into the siding at Broomfield. This doublestack train is one of the longest that runs in the Denver-metro area. Originating at the Rennicks Intermodal Facility in Denver, the train is headed for Tacoma, WA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103118 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Broomfield, CO 1616 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The clouds have set in on this Saturday morning as the Valmont coal load passes underneath the Northwest Parkway in Broomfield. The train is climbing is relatively steep grade, working toward Louisville. 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 2595 (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: 103043 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1483 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Pulling out of the siding at Broomfield, the northbound "Stinky Slinky" (which carries molten sulfur) is starting to pick up a little speed. The train is empty, headed for Bonneville, WY. Considering the high (backlit) summer sun, black and white seemed like a good choice for this shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103042 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Broomfield, CO 1708 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After meeting the northbound "Stinky Slinky" (sulfur train), the southbound HLAUDEN starts to pull toward the south siding switch of Broomfield. An interesting note...the station sign of "Broomfield" has been removed and smaller signs have been added at either end of the siding that say "NSS Broomfield" and "SSS Broomfield" for "North Siding Switch" and "South Siding Switch", respectively. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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