Photo ID: 103649 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 2541 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Longmont Switch has just crossed over US-287 in Broomfield and is backing down the Lafayette branch. This local used to run at night, but has been running in the daylight for nearly a year. While I had caught it a few times in the Summer, this is the first time I've seen it on the branch in Winter! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103638 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Westminster, CO 2695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF When I first went to Helper, UT in 1999, I saw nine Rio Grande SD40T-2's cut into the middle of a coal train as swing helpers for the climb up to Soldier Summit. The sound was amazing. It's great to see that 11 years later, the Dash-2 series is still in extremely wide use, even if it technically on a local (the Longmont Turn). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103637 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 2167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF As much as I love Cascade Green, I almost wish the lead unit here had been in the Heritage scheme just so it matched the other three SD40-2's in the set. However, I'm not complaining as the sight and sound of four EMD 645 engines running was beautiful! If you'd like to hear, I recorded a brief clip and posted it along with this shot. Click the link above. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103636 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 2145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The power on BNSF's Longmont Turn on this day is truly fantastic! A quartet of SD40-2's climb up the grade into Broomfield, pulling at 58 cars at milepost 17. As great as it was to watch, it was even more fantastic to listen too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103596 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 2778 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF While a nice pair of E-units might look a bit better, this matching pair of ES44DC's look pretty good on the point of this Officer's Special coming around the Westminster Fill. After a crew change in Denver, the special will continue south to La Junta. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103595 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 25 Boulder, CO 2194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF Officer's Special was called out of Cheyenne early Thursday morning for a trip down the Front Range Sub. Just after noon, the train was passing by the Valmont Power Plant in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103564 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 Denver, CO 1838 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Buck Local heads south on the BNSF "New North Main" alongside the UP Main. The local has just come down off the Front Range Sub and is headed for the yard. It is going to have to stop for a bit though due to traffic ahead blocking its way. I love that in 2010, you can still find a blue and yellow GP60 and a Heritage GP38-2 working together on a train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103559 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 2923 (5 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Without a doubt my personal favorite B-B unit (at least since the GP30) is the GP60. The dynamic brake intake is very unique. Here, a GP60 (with an animated and friendly engineer!) leads the Buck Local down the Front Range Sub into Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103558 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 2124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Buck Local received a warrant from Longmont down to Clear Creek. It is about to pass the signal leading in to Utah Junction. Nothing like an all-EMD lash up! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103498 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1927 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Buck Local has just received a warrant to proceed from MP 18 down to MP 11. There, it will have to wait for a few minutes for MOW to clear up! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103485 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 2278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After spotting the front half of the train at the power plant, the back half of the Valmont coal train will be placed on the Stazio Siding west of the plant. A plant switcher will pick up these loads and replace them with empties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103484 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1926 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF When BNSF arrives with the Valmont coal train, half the train is spotted within the power plant, spread across multiple tracks. While this is happening, the second half of the train hangs out on the main track, east of 63rd Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103482 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 2143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The Valmont coal train pulls into Boulder across 63rd Street alongside the Valmont power plant. Recently legislation in Colorado may result in the Valmont power plant converting to natural gas. So the Valmont coal train's days may be limited! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103409 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 2577 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The DENTAC (Denver, CO to Tacoma, WA) is moving north at track speed on the main track as the Buck Local patiently waits in the siding. After reassembling their train on the main track, the local pulled into the clear to wait for the train to pass. After it cleared MP 16, the local got a warrant and backed out onto the main and proceeded into town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103408 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2034 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The Buck Local brought cars along from Longmont when it arrived at Broomfield. Several cars did not need to go down the Lafayette branch, so the local got permission from the dispatcher to leave the cars sitting out on the main track. Fortunately, the dispatcher didn't have anything coming out of town immediately, so this did not cause any bottlenecks. Here, the train has dropped off its caboose on the Lafayette branch and is picking up its train on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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