Photo ID: 105426 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1876 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On Monday, August 10th, the track gangs showed up and got the ties and track down for the new north end of Broomfield. The track gang works here to check a few ties before heading to lunch. Ballast will come next along with tamping and regulating. Not long after, it should be ready for trains! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105417 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1720 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF While there are not a whole lot of them left, you can still find (standard cab) B40-8s running around on BNSFs system. This particular unit was delivered in June 1988 and is working with fellow (wide cab) B40-8 on the Longmont Switch, a local originating out of Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105416 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1870 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This exact scene (with two tracks) will not be possible too much longer! With the construction of a new underpass to connect 120th Avenue with CO-128, BNSF is moving the siding of Broomfield north of this location. Once that is complete, only the mainline will remain through this scene. This pair of B40-8s (551 being a B40-8W, of course) is slowly rolling south toward the south switch to wait for two northbounds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105415 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of GE B-units arrive at the siding of Broomfield, headed south. These units ran light out of Longmont in order to switch some along the Front Range Sub. The light power is headed to the south end of the siding where they will wait for two northbounds. This B40-8W was delivered new to Santa Fe in October of 1990. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105414 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1740 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An ES44DC and a (very clean) C44-9W are the sol power for today's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT freight. This train departs Denver daily and runs on the Front Range Sub for the 600-ish mile journey to Montana. Laurel send a counterpart train to Denver each day as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1721 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is definitely a very interesting lashup of power. This train just came in off the Brush Sub with a pair of GP39Ms (rebuilt from GP35s) and a pair of CSX AC4400CWs. The cars were dropped in the yard and the power is now headed for the House for fuel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1833 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The car on the left is part of a larger machine used in washing ballast. Not entirely sure why this piece was sitting near BNSF's Engine House. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1722 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Until recently, BNSF's GP60s were in the 8700 number range. They were moved in to the 159 number range in order to make room for new power. This new number range puts the GP60s adjacent to the (originally Warbonnet) GP60Ms. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105406 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 2094 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF DPUs on a westbound coal load pass underneath a brand new signal bridge on the east edge of BNSF's Denver yard. The train is running on a new track just put in this year (2015) as part of a project to increase the length of BNSF's coal tracks. Another new track will be laid (to the left of these two in the shot) later this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105405 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 2000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF A new signal that is not yet active as been installed at the east end of BNSF's Denver Yard. This signal, once put in service, will dictate train movement into the yard from the main track (or just continuing down the main track). I wasn't thrilled with the lighting in this shot, but decided it was worth it with the KCS Retro-Belle in the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105404 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1978 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF SD70ACe and a KCS ES44AC lead a westbound coal load down the main just outside BNSF's Denver Yard. BNSF is sinking some money in the east end of the yard in 2015. The tracks called "Coal 1" and "Coal 2" (where westbound coal train will typically stop to recrew) are being extended. They will be long enough to support 140-car trains when construction is complete. As part of the construction, a new signal bridge has been installed! The signal on the left will be for the main and the other two signals for Coal 1 and Coal 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105403 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lowell Blvd Denver, CO 1604 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting Amtrak at Leyden, DS-86 set up this BNSF manifest with a clear shot the rest of the way in to Denver. The train is on Main 2 and approaching a clear signal at C&S Junction. Although it will remain on the same physical train at C&S, it will switch from Main 2 to Main 3 and continue down to Prospect Jct where it will return to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a beautiful Sunday morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest descended the Moffat with a great looking BNSF Warbonnet on the point. Most of the Dash-9 Warbonnets are in the 600-700 series. However, roughly 20 wound up in the 4700 series (4700-4719). If you noticed only one ditch light lit up, that isn't because they are oscillating...the light on the left is burned out. The train is taking the siding to meet a (slightly late) California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105400 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 2032 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF The loaded Valmont coal train sits (tied down) in the siding at Broomfield. The train has cut the grade crossing at Nickel Street, a process that soon will not be necessary once the siding of Broomfield shifts to the north side of Nickel Street. The Valmont train is loaded at Energy Mine (on the Craig Branch). UP brings the train to Denver and then turns it over to BNSF. Often times, the train will run to Valmont with the UP power still on the train! In fact, this is the exact same train that I shot a few days earlier with an unpatched Espee leader. Alas, the Espee unit was removed in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105399 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1780 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On my lunch break, I ran up to Broomfield to see what progress was being made on the siding extension to the north. As you can see here, a gang is working at the (new) north end of the siding. Rumor has it a track gang is showing up to get to work on laying track. That makes sense as I saw two track tempers being unloaded from a flat bed truck as I was leaving to head back to the office. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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