Photo ID: 106056 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Denver, CO 2073 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF You can almost still smell the fresh paint! GE's Tier-4 compliant engines just started showing up toward the end of 2015. The standard model is designated the ET44AC. BNSF has chosen to order a variant on that model and, thus far, has exclusively received the ET44C4. Rather than being C-C trucks, these have A1A-A1A trucks, same as the ES44C4 before them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106055 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF does a pretty good job of finding some good looking power anytime it runs a passenger train. The Employee Appreciation Special was no exception! The train has a brand new ET44C4 on the north end for power. The train is at the north end of Broomfield and crossing Brainard Drive. Another railfan, driving a class car, grabs a few shots as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106054 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF Employee Appreciation passenger special approaches the north siding switch of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106053 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1915 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF tries to show its employees that it appreciates them. One way it does this (from time-to-time) is by running an Employee Appreciation Special. A string of BNSF-owned passenger cars were put together and power placed on either end of the train. Two times (at 1pm and 6pm) on June 4th, the train departed Denver and ran north to Boulder on the Front Range Sub. After a brief stop in Boulder, the train returned to Denver. Here, as part of the evening departure, the train approaches the south switch of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106034 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1730 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The entire area around Rocky and Eisele (formerly Clay) is a great place to watch some train action. Particularly when there is a meet at Rocky, so as there was on this fine late Spring morning. This eastbound BNSF manifest held the siding at Rocky to await the arrival of the westbound California Zephyr. By the time the manifest got a clear signal and the trailing DPU was leaving the siding, the Zephyr could be seen on the main at Eisele, roughly three rail-miles away! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106033 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I was really hoping that the westbound Zephyr, which this BNSF manifest just met at Rocky, would have made it up to Big Ten Curve in time for this shot. Alas, it is hidden behind the hill in the distance, still on the climb up. The manifest here is about to head into Barbara's Gulch and will then pick up a little speed as it reaches Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106032 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a brief delay in the hole at Rocky, this eastbound BNSF manifest is leaving the siding on a clear signal and will now have a straight shot the rest of the way into the yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106015 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Larimer County, CO 2045 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The High Iron Travels special excursion train, the Front Range Explorer, brought out a lot of railfans on this particular Friday! Two of them are seen here, getting a low shot as this southbound BNSF manifest rolls across East County Line Road at Longs Peak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106014 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Larimer County, CO 1896 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This southbound manifest is pulling into the clear in the siding at Longs Peak. The train is the Cheyenne, WY to Denver, CO local manifest. It is following hot on the heels of the Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest. Those of you familiar with the latest power will recognize the lead unit as a (brand new) ET44AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105991 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Unfortunately, in the time it took for the train to pass by on the main at Crescent, the clouds moved back in and obscured the sun. Regardless, here is a shot of the sole DPU on the tail end of a westbound BNSF manifest passing by some Aspen trees just west of the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105990 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Crescent can be a tricky place to shoot, depending on the time of day. It can also depend on the time of year. The lighting is actually pretty good in the afternoon and evening in the summer months as the sun is far enough to the north to get the nose of the lead unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105989 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1562 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The sun found a hole in the clouds to punch through just in time for the arrival of this BNSF manifest at Crescent. The crew has been on duty for less than two hours at this point and, with the decreased traffic on the Moffat, should have no problem getting to Grand Junction before dying at 1:45am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105988 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1567 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44DC brings up the tail end of today's Denver-Provo manifest. A lot of precipitation lately has resulted in a lot of green grass and blooming flowers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105987 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As time marches on, scenes like these are become less and less common. A trio of C44-9Ws, all wearing the Heritage 2 paint scheme! Funny to think that these units are now becoming the "old" units on the road. Seems like yesterday they were brand new. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105986 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's westbound Denver to Provo manifest passes through the high-wide detector at MP 8.4 (Carr Street). The crew for the train was called at 1:45pm and it didn't take long for the train to depart. This is likely because BNSF's crews for trains on the Moffat are now based exclusively out of Grand Junction. So this crew was called and just had to pop over to the yard from the hotel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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