Photo ID: 104957 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 2216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF It isn't too often that a Kansas City Southern unit shows up on the Moffat, let alone on the point. However, on this (very snowy) Wednesday morning, a gray KCS SD70MAC leads a BNSF manifest east out of Leyden toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104954 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 2101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF The Zephyr, running right on time in the snow, meets an eastbound with a somewhat rare visitor. KCS SD70MAC #3907 led BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO trackage rights manifest over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104952 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Four years ago, the ES44C4 was a brand new model, specifically developed by GE for BNSF. Today, BNSF has over 1,100 copies on the roster. The unit only has four traction motors. The middle axles on each truck are "dummies", making the unit an A1A-A1A unit. While BNSF management seems to love the unit, I've heard that many engineers do not care for it (due to issues with traction and loading). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104915 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1680 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound Powder River Basin-bound coal empty sits stopped at milepost 12 alongside Church Ranch Lake. The train is waiting to meet a southbound at Broomfield. The coal train is too long, however, to fit in the siding without blocking any crossing. Once the southbound gets closer, the dispatcher will let this guy know that he can continue pulling in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104909 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parfet Street Arvada, CO 1590 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF The westbound Beer Run rolls slowly west through the Gold Line construction zone. The train is currently using one of the tracks that will eventually be used for commuter trains. BNSF's track will be rebuilt roughly where the tire tracks in the snow are located. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104908 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parfet Street Arvada, CO 1587 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF On the last day of 2014, a crew takes the westbound Beer Train slowly toward Golden. The train is limited to 10 MPH through this section of track. There is a lot of construction happening here as part of the new commuter line (the Gold Line). Note the polls that will be part of the catenary once the Gold Line opens in 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104905 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lamar Street Arvada, CO 2360 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF The Beer Run has a colorful consist here, with two CIT Rail Resource leasors and a Warbonnet C48-8W. The train is stopped and tied down just east of Lamar Street, awaiting a crew to take it the rest of the way to Golden. Note the heavy construction also happening in the area. One of the voter-approved commuter lines (the "Gold Line") will run parallel to the BNSF Golden Sub through Arvada out to Wheat Ridge. Voters approved the construction of the line (as well as several others) in 2004. It will be another two years before commuter trains are running here, as the line is scheduled to open in 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104903 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1668 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF She may be 12, but that doesn't mean that she doesn't still like spending a few hours with dad every once in awhile! My daughter Bella seems to be getting more interested in photography. Here, she is borrowing my Canon Digital Rebel XT to nab a shot of some light power in BNSF's yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104902 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The ES44C4 has become extremely popular on BNSF. In the last three years, nearly 1,000 of these units has appeared on BNSF property! The unit is different from an ES44AC in that it only has four traction motors. The center axles on both trucks are not powered, giving this unit an A1A-A1A configuration rather than a C-C configuration. This results in a unit similar to a four-axle unit, but with the weight distributed over six axles. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104899 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1805 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This snowy December afternoon was a good day for finding Warbonnets around town. Hostlers were moving three units, which included this Warbonnet SD75I, from the yard to the engine house. When BNSF reactivated their SD75Ms and SD75Is, they also renumbered them in order to make room for new delivers. The new numbers actually reflect the original numbers when the units were delivered to Santa Fe. In the case above, BNSF 282. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104895 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1711 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF It had been a relatively warm December in the Denver-Metro area, up until this (fairly) light snow storm moved in 11 days before Christmas for a reality check! Engines sporting various colorful schemes hang out and BNSFs engine house. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104893 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 11, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1890 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Got power? Most trains in 2014 don't have more than three or four units on the point. So it was cool seeing seven on the head end of this manifest. Granted, as you can tell from the exhaust, only the first three units are actually online. The last four units are all DIC (Dead In Consist), probably headed for Cheyenne or possibly the Powder River Basin for coal service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104892 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 11, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield, CO 1668 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After meeting the southbound HLAUDEN at Broomfield, this northbound manifest now has a track warrant that will take it to MP 43 in Longmont. There is a second coal empty behind this train that will take a bit more time to proceed north as it will have to continuously get new warrants following this northbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104891 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 11, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1784 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Norfolk Southern, BNSF At the north siding switch of Broomfield, the southbound Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest takes a "sharp left" and heads in to the siding. The "sharp left" is in railroad terms, of course. The siding and the main at Broomfield are, for the most part, on separate grades and there is quite a bit of distance between them in places. The first of two northbounds the HLAUDEN will meet is sitting on the main, waiting for the train to get in the clear and then to get a track warrant to proceed north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104890 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 11, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1739 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Norfolk Southern, BNSF BNSF's HLAUDEN (High Priority Manifest, Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) is approach the north switch of Broomfield with a very colorful consist. The green "Southern" heritage unit is the third Norfolk Southern heritage unit that I've been fortunate to catch in Colorado. Fairly impressive when there are only 20 of them for a railroad whose nearest rails are in Kansas City! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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