Photo ID: 104074 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2279 (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: 102957 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1969 (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 1675 (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 1623 (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 1631 (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: 102490 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Broomfield, CO 1874 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Talk about something you don't everyday! DC power running on a coal load...not only DC power, but some very nicely painted DC power at that. The coal load is headed for the Valmont power plant in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102351 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 1835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest sits on the main track near MP 12 on the Front Range Sub in the rapidly-fading light at the end of the day. A flock of birds makes its way west toward Church Range Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102350 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 2221 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF About a mile and a half south of Broomfield, BNSF's Brownville, TX to Laurel, MT manifest is stopped on the main track and waiting. They are going to meet a southbound at Broomfield which is still nearly two hours away! So, to avoid blocking any crossing, the crew sits and patiently waits. This is a good place to stop as it is close to a new Super Target! Crew can go an get some shopping out of the way while waiting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102039 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Broomfield, CO 1977 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The HPASSAG has become a very common train on the Front Range Sub, showing up just about daily in addition to the HLAUDEN and HDENLAU. BNSF 844 is one of the few C40-8Ws to wear the New Image scheme as of this date. The train is about to pass underneath US-36 just south of the siding of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101276 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 1992 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A sign of the conditions of the day, snow blows off the ballast and the cars as this northbound HDENLAU-07 moves quickly north near Lower Church Lake. The train was moving at 48 MPH on the approach to Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101069 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 18, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Broomfield, CO 1871 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Heading south through Broomfield, an empty Boeing train with a single unit for power is finishing up the final 12 miles of its run into Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101048 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 28, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 1623 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It can be very difficult to shoot northbound on the Front Range Sub, particularly between the months of September and March. Regardless, here FURX 7223 (ex-BNSF) leads the HDENLAU north at MP 12. Note the third unit, a Montana Rail Link F45XR #392! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100936 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 1960 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This was the location where, on August 2, 1985, two Burlington Northern freights collided head on. Extra 6311 west (north) and Extra 6575 east (south) struck each other directly underneath the US-36 overpass shown in this image. The crewman on Extra 6311 read the incorrect train orders and the train departed Clear Creek before Extra 6575 had arrived. The resulting explosion melted the bridge! Today, the QDENTAC-09 is stopped, waiting for the MLAUDEN to arrive at Broomfield for a meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100935 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 1829 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This train is slowly crawling past this lake located near US-36. I tried to cut as much of the development out of the shot as possible. This location is not nearly as rural as it was twenty years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.