Photo ID: 101867 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland Rollinsville, CO 1909 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Early morning clouds are keeping keeping direct sunlight from hitting Tolland where the westbound Ski Train is running on-time on its journey west. Note the yellow schoolhouse, once used to teach kids in Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101868 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 43 Rollinsville, CO 1633 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound coal empty heads west out of Rollins. The train consists mainly of DEGX and NUCX cars. The train (symbol CMSSM-27) is headed for the North Fork branch for loading. The train will take the siding ahead at Tolland to allow Amtrak 5 to pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101869 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (DS043) Rollinsville, CO 1999 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 5 is running about 30 minutes late as it passes the west end of Rollins. This is (and has been) a pretty typical consist for Amtrak for the past several years: Two P42s, a baggage car, three sleepers, a diner, a sightseer and three coaches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101870 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 44 Rollinsville, CO 1726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Not far west of Rollins, Amtrak 5 heads west along South Boulder Creek. It's not hard to see from this view why the California Zephyr is so popular between Denver and Glenwood Springs! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101871 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) Rollinsville, CO 2063 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of East Portal - milepost 50 - the MNYRO-01 comes to a stop on the siding. It is waiting to meet an eastbound coal load that is about to enter the tunnel in Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101872 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (DS047) Rollinsville, CO 1900 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Tolland was recently extended to the east and it is now well over 9,000 feet long! It is now the longest siding on the Moffat east of the Moffat Tunnel. Here, the CSMVL-28 - a loaded coal train headed for the Valmont power plant in Boulder, CO - approaches the east end on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101873 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (DS047) Rollinsville, CO 1739 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the new east switch of Tolland, a loaded coal train - the CSMVL-28 - has a clear signal. The old east switch of Tolland used to be roughly 4,000 feet to the west! The siding was extended to the longest trains could fit securely east of the grade crossing near the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101874 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1906 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The southbound HLAUDEN heads right down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont. While the tracks don't actually run down the middle of the asphalt, this is definitely some finest street running around. Houses line either side of Atwood Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101875 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1840 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A fairly typical consist for the southbound HLAUDEN as it moves slowly down Atwood Street. Trains here don't go much faster than 15-20 MPH and local residents get a nice wakeup call! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101876 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1820 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This is one of those "artsy" type shots, but I really liked the setup. The shot is designed to demonstrate the quiet residential street of Atwood being stirred by the freight rolling right down the middle! The car to the left is a Galaxie 500. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101877 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF One of my favorite four axle units on the rails today is certainly the GP60. I particularly like the unique and distinctive dynamic brake intakes. BNSF 8700 is shown here serving on the Longmont Switch, which runs north out of Longmont to Cheyenne. On this Saturday, the power was tied down (along with B40-8W #506) in Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101878 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1948 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF If you've ever wondered why BNSF doesn't run coal trains from the Power River Basin down to the Joint Line via the Front Range Sub, this is without a doubt just one of many reasons why. This is the mainline through Longmont. Trains roll through here very slowly, blocking traffic at nearly 20 crossing as they go through. The Longmont Depot - still used by BNSF - is seen on the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101879 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 2213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF From what I've read, this was the very last Burlington Northern unit ever painted in cascade green! Apparently it was actually painted shortly after the BNSF merger. It was at the shops waiting to be painted (with a work order for this scheme) as the merger went through. It was one of two SD40-2's serving as power on the Longmont Turn. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101880 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1698 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Power for the Longmont Switch idles away in the distance to the left while power for the Longmont Turn idles on the stub track in the foreground. Looks like some interesting, ummm, patchwork (?) on the number boards! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101881 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1832 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A rails-eye view of the BNSF 7812. From this view, there is nothing really to indicate that the unit has even been patched! This is one of two units used on the Longmont Turn. The orange box above the plow is a FRED unit used on the local. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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