Photo ID: 102950 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 76 Ft Collins, CO 2319 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) GW Sitting in the yard in Ft Collins is this pair of Great Western GP9's. They certainly have seen better days and could use a fresh coat of paint! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102922 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Westminster, CO 1794 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Rails for Laurel! This rail train was loaded at Rocky Mountain Steel Mills (formerly CF&I) in Pueblo. The train is now headed for Laurel, MT (and points beyond). The never-ending task of railroad maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102921 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Westminster, CO 2233 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF rail train crosses over Pierce Street in Westminster. Later in the day, this train and crew is involved in a horrific accident when it struck a woman lying on the tracks, attempting (and succeeding) at committing suicide. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1907 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The ES44C4 (shown here) is something of joint venture between BNSF and GE. 25 units have been delivered to BNSF. They are A1A-A1A units, meaning the center axle on either truck is a dummy axle; it does not have a traction motor. The theory is that 4 AC traction motors provide roughly the same tractive effort (at track speed) as 6 DC traction motors. If the units pan out, BNSF plans to run them on intermodal trains on the Transcon to save on traction motor costs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102871 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 2323 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44C4s lead BNSF's QTACDEN around the fill in Westminster. This is near the location of the derailment of the Longmont Local 10 months earlier when the train struck a deliberately-placed tree stump. The QTACDEN consists of unit auto racks on the first half of the train and double stack (COFC) cars on the second half of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102870 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Westminster, CO 1841 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Not long before this shot, BNSF received 25 ES44C4s. Two of those units happened to appear on the QTACDEN, which came down the south end of the Front Range Sub in late afternoon light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102869 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 2446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Just north of Broomfield, BNSF's QTACDEN (Tacoma, WA to Denver, CO) makes it way through the S-Curve at MP 17. The train is under the power of a pair of brand new ES44C4s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102843 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 16, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 2001 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Third out on BNSF's Laurel-Denver is this somewhat pink-looking Warbonnet SD75I. The SD75 is rated at 4,300 HP, which is 300 more than the SD70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102842 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 16, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 (Burns Jct) Broomfield, CO 2487 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At the north end of Broomfield, a southbound BNSF Laurel-Denver has a warrant all the way into town. It is a very drizzly and cold afternoon ahead of a possible Spring blizzard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102839 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 1919 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After cutting away from their train, these GP60Ms are heading south down the siding at Broomfield. The will return north on the main and then back into the siding and attach to their train. That will allow them to return to Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102838 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 (Burns Jct) Broomfield, CO 2190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This GP60M has quite a bit of patch work on it! Why? The unit number might sound familiar...this was one of the units on the northbound that derailed in June 2008 after hitting a tree stump in the tracks. Here is a shot of the unit sitting outside Homestead House after the derailment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102837 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Lafayette, CO 2056 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After switching several industries in Lafayette, the Longmont Switch returns toward Broomfield with seven cars in tow (and a caboose!). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102836 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 2441 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In a rare daylight run, the Longmont Switch moves south down the Lafayette spur toward Broomfield. The engines will run around its train when it reaches Burns Junction. Longs Peak stands tall in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102835 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Lafayette, CO 2746 (4 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With the rather dull lighting of the day, black and white seemed appropriate for this shot. But it also seemed a shame to lose the bright orange of the GP60M. So I decided to compromise! A line of cars headed south on US-287 wait at a red traffic signal while the Longmont Switch slowly makes its way through the "intersection". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102834 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Lafayette, CO 1713 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Longmont Switch typically runs on the Lafayette spur at night. But on this Tuesday, the local ran up the line in the day. Here, the train is heading back down the spur toward Broomfield. 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