Photo ID: 113682 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield to Boulder Boulder, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Just (timetable) north of Louisville, this northbound BNSF manifest has crested the top of one of several hills along the line, and is currently headed downgrade toward Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113681 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF About ten years ago, BNSF moved both the north and south switches of Broomfield. Both are now further north than they previously were, eliminating two grade crossing between switches, including the very busy Nickel Street grade crossing. Now, the siding is basically the same length, but there are no grade crossing blocked when a train is stopped here. This northbound has just received a new warrant, and is pulling across the Brainard grade crossing, which was also relocated at the same time to ensure no grade crossing where between switches on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113680 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At the North Siding Switch (NSS) of Broomfield, the conductor on BNSF's Denver-Laurel throws the switch from the main to the siding. The train has received a warrant, and is ready to proceed north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113679 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF For decades, pedestrians and cyclists wanting to cross the tracks here at Broomfield, they would do so via a dirt path that had been created just from the traffic of people walking across the tracks and up or down the hill on the other side. In an effort to make this safer and more convenient, the City of Broomfield built this pedestrian overpass in 2020. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113678 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At the siding of Broomfield, the Denver-Laurel takes the siding, meeting its counterpart, the Laurel-Denver, which was holding the main. The Front Range Sub is still operated using track warrants, meaning crew have to manually throw all switches at sidings. To save time, crews are not required to realign switches for the main line. So, when a meet happen, the train will take the siding or hold the main depending on how the switch is aligned, regardless of how close or far away the train being met is to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113677 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek to Broomfield Westminster, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Rocking it like it is 2000! BNSF's Denver-Laurel has a trio of C44-9Ws, all still wearing Heritage 2 paint. The train is passing by Lower Church Lake (which hasn't actually been a lake in a few years; it is all dried up) and approaching the US-36 underpass. It was right at this location when, in 1985, northbound and southbound Burlington Northern trains collided head on, melting the steel of the bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113676 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek to Broomfield Westminster, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After UP's MNYGR departed North Yard for the Greeley Sub, it was finally BNSF's Denver-Laurel's turn to head north on the Front Range Sub. I was happy this worked out as it has been quite a while since I've done any chasing on the Front Range Sub. The sub tends to be fairly dead most of the time. It carries way less traffic than the Moffat does. Here, the 8,000+ foot long manifest is just a few miles south of the south switch of Broomfield in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113667 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A sea of orange power is ready for assignment. 19 units, to be exact, have been serviced and are ready to go. At least six of these units will be assigned to a BNSF oil empty that has not arrived in town later in the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113665 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Several units sit near BNSF's engine house on this sunny Sunday morning. The string of four units close to the camera is the power for the Beer Run that will head out to Golden later in the day. The GP40-2 and SD40-2 will serve as the power on the Golden Switch this week. That is the local that runs east out of Golden to switch industries along the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113663 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF At the south end of Rennicks yard, BNSF's Denver-Laurel manifest is pulling north on the "New North Main" through Fox Junction. The train is quite long today, coming in at over 8,000 feet in the length. While the head end is over here at Fox, the tail is still in the yard over at 31st Street. The train is starting to pull up toward Utah Jct to clear up for the Zephyr, which is ready to head west (but currently blocked). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113587 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A couple of track maintainers are prepping a track regulator in the house track at Rocky, getting ready to do some work today. Meanwhile, the last train for the next several hours, BNSF's Provo-Denver, rolls by eastbound on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113586 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of those times when the shot worked out just perfect! As the head end of the Provo-Denver approaches the west switch of Rocky, a pair of DPUs are coming around the east edge of Big Ten Loop on the tail end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113585 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44ACs bring up the end of the eastbound Provo-Denver around the east edge of the Big Ten Loop. The train is relatively short with 63 cars, but BNSF has three units on the point and two points on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113584 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Along the south edge of Big Ten Loop, this eastbound BNSF manifest is continuing east toward Denver. At the moment, it is running a bit below track speed. UP has some slow orders out due to some track work they have been doing in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113583 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 20, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest, whose crew is running short on time, met the Zephyr up at Plain. DS-378 had a great meet setup, and neither train had to come to a stop. Here, the manifest is coming through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain Drive, with a typical three units on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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