Photo ID: 104414 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Prior to the massive flooding a week earlier, this shot would have just been tracks on a fill. Boulder creek used to run parallel to the tracks (on the right side) in this shot. The massive amounts of water, however, led to the destruction of the fill and this new path for the creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104415 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1513 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Thanks in no small part to the advent of CWR (Continuous Welded Rail), washouts like this often result in the rails left dangling over the now-missing ground. Boulder creek, rerouted by Mother Nature after major flooding, is still near the rails as the rapids rush downstream. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104416 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1753 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Another view of the 60-foot wash out on the BNSF Front Range Sub right near the south siding switch of Boulder. Not sure how BNSF will get this repaired until the water level significantly decreases! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104417 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF While there is nothing but water beneath this ballast, the ballast is packed in so tight between the ties that it is hanging around! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104418 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This view of the rapids of the relocation of Boulder creek clearly shows how the river just made a new path for itself. Would imagine the water is probably at least 10 feet deep still right here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104419 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A few hundred feet down the tracks, you can see the bridge under which Boulder creek is supposed to flow. Granted, with the water being as high as it is, water still is flowing underneath it. The challenge for engineers will be getting the creek to "want" to take its previous path, which include turns here at the tracks and running parallel over to the bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104420 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1430 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF While the tie did not survive, I was rather amazed to find this tie plate dangling from the heads of the two spikes. Not sure how they managed to hang on! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104421 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Water from Boulder creek quickly rushes underneath the new "underpass" along the BNSF Front Range Sub Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104422 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It is rather interesting looking down between the rails and, in the spots where the compacted ballast fell through, see rushing water! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104423 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1491 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF You can see just how close the washed out portion of the Front Range Sub came to the south switch of the Boulder siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104424 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1497 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In the distance, beyond this washout, you can see some fresh ballast that BNSF has laid. You can also see the headlights of some MOW equipment as well. BNSF is working hard there to get the line open for the Valmont coal train so the Valmont Power Plant can continue to generate electricity. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104425 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This pedestrian and bicycle underpass was constructed in 1987. The warning on the sign couldn't be more accurate! It read: "CAUTION - Area subject to flash flooding. Do not take shelter here." This tunnel under the tracks flooded along with everything else around Boulder creek when the water levels rose by six feet in just over 24 hours. Although still in this picture, at its peek, Boulder Creek was flowing with a current of over 5000 cubic feet per second. By comparison, the norm is around 20 cubic feet per second. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104426 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF There was some minor damage to the tracks not too far north of Jay Road along the diagonal highway. Fortunately, BNSF was able to implement repairs quickly to this one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104427 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It appears as though BNSF probably used some heavy rubber-tired equipment when making repairs to the track here. There is plenty of evidence of large machinery making its way around in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104428 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1643 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A trio of SD40-2s sit quietly on the west end of the Great Western transfer track in Longmont. Due to the flooding and track damage, these guys likely will be sitting for at least the next few days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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