Photo ID: 106346 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1544 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A quintet of ES44DCs lead the eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest down the main at Leyden on a snowy January morning. Based on the plow, looks like there is even better snow in the high country. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 88th Avenue Westminster, CO 1843 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of a northbound coal empty. The train is crossing 88th Avenue on the Front Range Sub. If you look in the distance just to the left of the train, you can see a couple of apartment buildings. I actually lived in those building for about 18 months when I was in college! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106344 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 88th Avenue Westminster, CO 1877 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin approaches the 88th Avenue grade crossing in Boulder. The overpass in the distance is that of Sheridan Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106281 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 31, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Littleton Littleton, CO 1764 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes lead a southbound BNSF coal train from the CTC triple track and onto Main 1, controlled by UP DS-54 under track warrants. To the left, you can see the south end of the RTD's C/D Light Rail line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106275 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1606 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful Colorado morning in December, and this eastbound BNSF manifest sports quite a load of power! Seven units (not all of which are online) lead up the Lincoln, NE-bound train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106274 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1561 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest passes by a UP track gang at Plain. The track gang is currently having a job briefing regarding the work they are going to get done for the day. The BNSF train will meet Amtrak at Rocky. After the Zephyr passes by Plain, the track gang will get some track and time and get to work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106261 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1809 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound unit covered hopper train (likely a sand train) pulls out of the siding at Broomfield and onto the main at the (relatively) new south switch. Traffic can be seen crossing over the tracks on US-287 in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106260 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1888 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After holding in the siding at Broomfield for a northbound manifest, this southbound covered hopper train has received a new warrant and is ready to roll for Denver. This is the new south switch for the siding of Broomfield after the north end was extended roughly 2,000 feet to the north. Broomfield previously had two grade crossing within the siding. It now has zero! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106259 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1841 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest rolls north on the main at Broomfield, preparing to slow in order to stop at the north end of the siding. The trains track warrant only goes as far as the north switch. The north switch will also have to be aligned for the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106258 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1968 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's daily Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest rolls north on the main at Broomfield. The train is meeting a southbound unit covered hopper train, waiting patiently in the siding. The northbound only has a warrant as far as the north siding switch of Broomfield. There, it will stop and wait for a new warrant from the dispatcher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106248 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1866 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a rather gloomy Wednesday, a northbound BNSF work train passes by Church Ranch Lake in Westminster. A pair of C44-9Ws lead ballast train that includes some ballast washers on it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106247 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1909 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Was kind of cool seeing this particular C44-9W. Why you might ask? This is the lowest numbered C44-9W on BNSF's roster. The "class unit", if you will. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106246 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1931 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest is led by a trio of elephant-style GEs at Broomfield under rainy, overcast skies. The train is approaching the former location of the Brainard Drive grade crossing. The road was moved about a half mile to the northwest to accommodate the extension of the Broomfield siding to the north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106245 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 2037 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On one of the chiller days so far this fall season (around 45°F), BNSF's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest cuts through the light raid and mist on the main at Broomfield. The siding, which doesn't run exactly parallel to the main much of the time, is visible to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106216 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 1575 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The yellow-orange paint that Rio Grande used on its engines up until the mid-1980s was referred to as "Aspen Gold", and this is why! Rio Grande's paint scheme looked mighty fine among the changing aspens. Nearly three decades after the end of Rio Grande, a BNSF manifest pulls down the main at Tolland. The train will take the siding at East Portal to meet the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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