Photo ID: 105139 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1533 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On the last day of March, a northbound manifest (most likely headed for Laurel, MT) passes through Broomfield on the main track. With the switches at both ends aligned for the main and no train to meet, the train rolled through town at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105140 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It's pretty great that in 2015, twenty years after the BN / ATSF merger, you can still find C44-9Ws running around in the first (official) BNSF paint scheme. The Heritage scheme didn't last long before being ousted by the Heritage 2 scheme. The Heritage scheme greatly resembled the paint scheme of the Great Northern. The Great Northern used a goat on their herald and, it is for this reason, that these units are often referred to as "Goat Boats". The "boat" portion coming from an old designation of 1st and 2nd generation GE units as "U-Boats". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105141 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 1509 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF To alleviate some congestion on the Brush and Angora Subs, BNSF will frequently send a few coal empties north on the Front Range Sub. One such example is this empty, which is headed for a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Here, the train is passing underneath 92nd Avenue in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105142 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 1951 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF For about a decade, the SD70MAC reigned king on BNSF coal trains. Today, it is somewhat rare to find a pair lashed up together! However, that was the case on a beautiful Thursday afternoon as this pair of SD70MACs bring up the rear of a northbound coal empty. Longs Peak makes for a great backdrop as the train hustles across Wadsworth Blvd in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105143 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound coal empty has come to a stop, the end DPUs sitting on the Westminster Fill. The train will likely be meeting a southbound at the siding of Broomfield. However, Broomfield has two grade crossing and, as such, northbounds will usually hold near Church Ranch Lake until the dispatcher tell them to pull in to the clear when the southbound is close enough. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.