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Photo ID: 102131
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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MP 10.5
Westminster, CO
3398
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A Heritage 2 GP60M, BNSF 143, rests on its side (still apparently coupled to the SD70MAC ahead of it) after the Longmont Turn struck a tree stump the night before.
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Photo ID: 102130
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 10.5
Westminster, CO
2976
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF 9801 rests completely on its side after a major derailment on the Front Range Sub. The Longmont Turn struck a tree stump that was believed to be put on the tracks intentionally.
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Photo ID: 102129
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 10.5
Westminster, CO
3273
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
An SD60M (still in cascade green) and an SD70MAC are derailed after the Longmont Turn struck a tree stump in the tracks the night before. Amazing that the SD60M did not fall completely on its side!
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Photo ID: 102128
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 10.5
Westminster, CO
3241
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A look at the back end of BNSF 8105. The unit - along with half the train - derailed after striking a tree stump in the tracks. It is believed that it was deliberately placed there.
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Photo ID: 102127
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 10.5
Westminster, CO
4422
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF 8105 sits at a 45 degree angle after derailing the night before. Apparently a tree stump was in the middle of the tracks, causing the Longmont Turn to derail.
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Photo ID: 102092
Date Shot
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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MP 16
Broomfield, CO
2618
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
After dumping quarter-mile strips of ribbon rail in the Longmont to Loveland area, this rail train is now empty and heading back to Denver. Once arriving in Denver, the train will tie down on a Rennicks yard track and wait for a new crew.
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Photo ID: 102072
Date Shot
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Friday, May 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1938
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The siding of Broomfield is the only siding between Denver and Longs Peak (just north of Longmont) that is long enough to support a meet between most trains on the Front Range Sub. That's a distance of close to 50 miles. So, it is unusual when a train passes through Broomfield without having to stop to meet another train! However, such was the case on this afternoon as the HLAUDEN went through Broomfield at track speed.
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Photo ID: 102071
Date Shot
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Friday, May 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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MP 16
Broomfield, CO
1879
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
While the power on the HLAUDEN is pretty typical, the dynamic clouds make the day anything but typical! Longs Peak scrapes the base of the clouds as the train approaches the north switch of Broomfield.
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Photo ID: 102052
Date Shot
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1866
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
This rail train is sporting some nice power as the train holds just short of Nickel Street in Broomfield. The train would have to hold at Broomfield for about two hours to wait for a southbound to come to Broomfield. Once in the clear, the rail train will drop new welded rail along the tracks at milepost 17, about two miles (rail) north of Broomfield.
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Photo ID: 102051
Date Shot
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
2340
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A nice surprise for a May afternoon! A rail train came north on the Front Range Sub to drop off some welded rail along the tracks near milepost 17. A blue and yellow GP30 was on the point of the northbound, seen here coming through Broomfield on the main track.
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Photo ID: 102050
Date Shot
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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Burns Junction
Broomfield, CO
1827
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The Longmont Switch, after carrying out the duties normally handled by the Buck Local, just completed a rare daylight move up to Lafayette. The Longmont Switch has dropped off its cars and is now returning as light power north back toward Boulder. There, it will switch a recycling plant before returning north to Longmont.
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Photo ID: 102049
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, May 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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Burns Junction
Broomfield, CO
1755
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
This is not an uncommon view to find here on my website...with one notable exception! Typically there isn't a train actually on the Lafayette Industrial Lead. Burns Junction is the location where the C&S main and the CB&Q main diverged and took their own routes to Longmont. Today, the old CB&Q main on the right only runs as far as Lafayette and only serves a few industries along the line.
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Photo ID: 102043
Date Shot
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Monday, May 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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MP 17
Broomfield, CO
2023
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Beef! It's what's for dinner (apologies to all you vegetarians!) ... The northbound Valmont coal load, led up by BNSF 5807 and two UP AC4400CWs, passes a field along Brainard Road in Broomfield. A few cows looks on with disinterest as they search for fresh grass to graze on.
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Photo ID: 102042
Date Shot
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Monday, May 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1952
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
An Officers Special, train symbol O-LAUTOP1-04A, head south through the siding at Broomfield with Longs Peak standing tall in the background. The special came down the Front Range Sub from Laurel, MT and is ultimately headed back to Topeka, KS (where it originated a few days earlier).
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Photo ID: 102041
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1819
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
On Cinco de Mayo, this five-car BNSF Officers Special runs south through the siding at Broomfield, meeting a northbound coal load headed for the Valmont power plant in Boulder.
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