Photo ID: 105260 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1921 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern July 8th was an extraordinarily cool and rainy day in the Denver area. So much rain was falling, in fact, that water was quickly building up in ditches and depressions. Such is the case here as a southbound (empty) windmill blade train proceeds on the siding at Broomfield. In the not too distant future, this shot will no longer be possible. BNSF is in the process of shifting the siding at Broomfield to the north, meaning this portion of the siding will soon be torn up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105259 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1996 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern That smoke coming off the engines doesn't look too good! Not to worry...it actually isn't smoke at all. As the train was sitting (and idling) in the siding, some of the falling rain accumulated on the radiator. When the engines throttled up (and heated up), the water turned to steam! With a new track warrant taking them all the way to Denver, this southbound has crossing Nickel Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105258 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1831 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern I believe this train is an (empty) windmill blade train. I'm not entirely sure why it is headed south (since it is empty) as there is a windmill manufacturing plant in Windsor, CO. Regardless, the Norfolk Southern leader is a nice touch! If you look on the main (to the left of the train), you can see the future south siding switch for the siding of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105257 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1679 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70s (an ACe and a MAC) push on the tail end of a northbound coal empty at Broomfield. The train is crossing over Nickel Street and passing underneath US-287. BNSF frequently sends coal empties, destined for the Powder River Basin, to reduce traffic on the Brush and Angora Subs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105256 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1780 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single SD70ACe leads this northbound coal empty north on the main at Broomfield. With the switches at both ends of Broomfield aligned for the main and a track warrant to MP 32, this empty is moving along at track speed. It look odd to see a single unit on the point of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105255 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2225 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, BNSF's Buck Local sits tucked away at the south end of the Lafayette Branch. There is a southbound on the siding at Broomfield (which the Lafayette Branch connects with), so the local has nowhere to go. In the foreground, the north siding switch of Broomfield. Soon, this switch will be moved about 4,000 feet north of the its currently location. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1566 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As this eastbound BNSF manifest approaches the photographer, the conductor opens the windows and gives a friendly wave. I actually spoke with this conductor briefly up at Cliff. He let me know that they were waiting in the siding for a westbound that was having engine troubles. He was a very nice guy. Now, he is only 17 miles away from home and has clear signals the rest of the way in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105253 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest passes over the east switch at Rocky, roughly 17 miles away from its destination in Denver. If you look closely, you will notice some lighter colored ballast underneath the lead unit of the train. The frog was just recently replaced by maintenance crews and some new ballast was put down as well to help with erosion from lost of precipitation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest approaches as it descends down the main track at Rocky. I like this picture not only for the approaching train, but for the components in the foreground. As you can see by the sign to the right, westbound trains change radio channels at this location, and also change dispatchers. From the sign west (all the way to Glenwood Springs), DS-82 controls the railroad. East of this sign, it is DS-86. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105250 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1572 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This last spring, particularly May, saw a lot of rainfall in the Denver area. The result has been a particularly green summer. Such is the case here at the Blue Mountain road crossing. A C44-9W leads a pair of ES44DCs east through the curves at Blue Mountain as afternoon clouds roll in from the mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105249 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1545 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest passes by the hot box detector at MP 22.6. As implied in the name, a hot box detector measures heat along the axles of the passing train. If a brake shoe is sticking against a wheel, it will (naturally) generate large amounts of heat. This will be detected and the information will be broadcast over the radio to the crew of the train, giving the exact location of the problem including axle number and rail (north or south, in this case). Fortunately, there were no issues for this train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105248 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I got myself in to a predicament at Crescent on this Sunday afternoon. I knew the BNSF manifest (in the foreground) would be taking the siding. However, I thought that it would be short enough to fit east of the grade crossing. Unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case. The train came to a stop on the grade crossing, preventing me from getting to the other side of the tracks to shoot and westbound. Since I couldn't get over there, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons and get a blurred shot of the westbound between tank cars at the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105247 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest slowly rolls in to the siding at Crescent to wait for a westbound UP coal empty. There is a grade crossing located near the middle of the siding (located at MP 31.35). The road is Gross Dam Road, so named because it eventually leads to Gross Dam. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105245 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After getting held up for over an hour at Cliff, this eastbound BNSF manifest is once again headed into the siding, this time at Crescent. The clouds have broken up enough to offer some nice lighting on the scenery in the distance. The train will ultimately wind up blocking the grade crossing for about 15 minutes while waiting for the westbound UP coal empty it is meeting to come by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105244 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1596 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a lengthy wait of over an hour in the siding at Cliff, this BNSF eastbound is finally on the roll again. This picture was taken from the vantage point of CO-72, which quickly climbs a mountain as you depart Pinecliff to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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