Photo ID: 102869 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1988 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Just north of Broomfield, BNSF's QTACDEN (Tacoma, WA to Denver, CO) makes it way through the S-Curve at MP 17. The train is under the power of a pair of brand new ES44C4s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102870 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1576 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Not long before this shot, BNSF received 25 ES44C4s. Two of those units happened to appear on the QTACDEN, which came down the south end of the Front Range Sub in late afternoon light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102871 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1846 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44C4s lead BNSF's QTACDEN around the fill in Westminster. This is near the location of the derailment of the Longmont Local 10 months earlier when the train struck a deliberately-placed tree stump. The QTACDEN consists of unit auto racks on the first half of the train and double stack (COFC) cars on the second half of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1638 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The ES44C4 (shown here) is something of joint venture between BNSF and GE. 25 units have been delivered to BNSF. They are A1A-A1A units, meaning the center axle on either truck is a dummy axle; it does not have a traction motor. The theory is that 4 AC traction motors provide roughly the same tractive effort (at track speed) as 6 DC traction motors. If the units pan out, BNSF plans to run them on intermodal trains on the Transcon to save on traction motor costs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.