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Photo ID: 105601
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
1697
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
With a track warrant to proceed south to Broomfield, the Buck Local enters the main track near Valmont. Here, the train had been switch some industries. With switching complete, the pair of B40-8Ws are ready to make the 10 mile journey.
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Photo ID: 101535
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
1843
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
I kind of liked the irony in this particular picture. You have Burlington Northern on one side coming together with Santa Fe on the other side to create a shiny new railroad, BNSF!
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Photo ID: 101534
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
2388
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A slightly different perspective of Valmont for this HLAUDEN. I thought I'd hike down the hill from the top of Legion Park a ways to see what a shot looked like closer to the tracks and track-level. A bit of Dark Future mixed in with Pumpkins.
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Photo ID: 101519
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
2108
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The southbound Laurel to Denver manifest slowly passes Valmont as seen from Legion Park. The second unit is BNSF 638, a former ATSF Warbonnet and one of the few such Warbonnets that was repainted in the Heritage 2 scheme!
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Photo ID: 101461
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, July 13, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
1806
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
It's been quite awhile since I've seen two B-units working on a coal train! And I don't know that I've every (personally) seen two B40-8W's working together on the Front Range Sub before. There are only 81 such units on BNSF's roster (at the time of the photo) and these two looked good together.
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Photo ID: 101460
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, July 13, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
2130
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Valmont Power Plant in Boulder receives its coal from a joint effort between UP and BNSF. UP hauls the coal from the mines in the Colorado high country down to Denver, where the train is turned over to BNSF. BNSF takes the train to Boulder via the Front Range Sub and delivers the loaded hoppers to the power plant. On this particular afternoon, two B40-8W's switch some cars around at the plant.
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Photo ID: 100616
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, February 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
2305
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Front Range (BNSF) Kansas City Southern
Just a few weeks old, KCS 4009 is heading south on the STCPDEN-01A. Kansas City Southern purchased 30 SD70ACe's (4000-4029) for delivery in early 2006. Just about half of the order had been filled when this pictures was taken!
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Photo ID: 100615
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, February 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
1959
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Making its way south, the STCPDEN-01A passes Valmont Resevoir with a warrant from MP 33 to MP 18. The second and third units are from the two best-selling series EMD has ever produced (albeit there is a 30 year gap between the 70-series and 40-series). The units are KCS 4009 (an SD70ACe) and BNSF 7920 (an SD40-2).
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Photo ID: 100505
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
2046
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Under partly cloudy skies, BNSF 8026 leads a southbound STCPDEN along Valmont Reservoir and the Valmont Power Plant. The train has three classic EMD's (all rated as SD40-2s) and they sounded (and looked) great the 6600 foot long double stack train.
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Photo ID: 100504
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Valmont
Boulder, CO
1860
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Valmont Power Plant in Boulder receives coal from a joint effort between Union Pacific and BNSF. The coal comes from Union Pacific's North Fork Branch near Grand Junction. Once in Denver, two UP units are left on the train and a BNSF SD70MAC is added. On this day, BN 9556 (in "green and cream") is slowing as it passes along Valmont Reservoir.
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