Photo ID: 102025 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 47 Longmont, CO 2183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After receiving a new warrant south of Longmont, this southbound has just started pulling at Vermillion Road. The new warrant will take the train south to MP 25 in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102024 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Longmont, CO 2242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A few miles north of Longmont at Vermillion Road, this southbound HPASSAG has stopped so as not to block any crossing. Two southbounds ahead of it and the crew will hold here until they get a warrant south of Longmont. Note the new ties along the side of the track. Looks like BNSF is planning some maintenance for the summer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102022 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1903 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Power from the 21st Century (an ES44DC) leads up power from the 90's (a C44-9W) followed by some classic power from the 80's (an SD60), all running elephant style on the HDENLAU-02. Upon arriving at Longs Peak (just north of Longmont), the train will tie down due to maintenance further north on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102021 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1899 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Lots of new development (within the last 5-15 years) in the background of this shot. The northbound HDENLAU approaches a new "ant hill" (behind the photographer) which has sprung up in the last two years. It was nice to see an Oakway SD60 - EMD 9070 - helping pull with the northbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102020 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A 7000-foot Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX manifest just received a warrant from the Front Range dispatcher and is now pulling toward the south switch at Broomfield after meeting a northbound Denver, CO to Laurel, MT freight (still visible in the distance). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102019 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1881 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) EMD Leasing The siding at Broomfield was originally a part of the CB&Q while the main was part of the C&S. Once it all fell under one railroad (and more and more streets starting popping up in Broomfield), the alignment of the siding became a bit less straight! Here, the northbound HDENLAU is headed north toward Nickel Street while the southbound HPASSAG holds on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102018 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF One of the few H2 ES44DC leads up the northbound HDENLAU as the train enters the siding at Broomfield. In track warrant territory, all blocks (typically sidings) will have a sign indicating the location. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101976 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Junction Broomfield, CO 1696 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A lot of maintenance work on the BNSF Angora Sub (in northeastern Colorado) has forced the rerouting of several coal empties up the Front Range Sub in order to reach the Power River Basin. This particular empty sits in the siding at Broomfield to wait for a meet in a fresh coating of spring snow. The train is sufficiently long that it has had to cut Nickel Street in Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101975 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 10, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Junction Broomfield, CO 1586 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At the north end of Broomfield at Burns Junction, a northbound Power River Basin coal reroute is stopped and waiting for a meet with a southbound. Some very nice (matching) power is on the point of the coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101956 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1956 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF When the SD70ACes first came out, they did not have EMD's "Isolated" or "Whisper" cabs. Some crews claimed that the new units were louder (with their doors and windows closed) than SD40-2s (with their doors and windows open)! As a result, BNSF is ordering their newer units with Isolated cabs included. Note the "seam" that runs vertically on the sides of the cab just behind the nose. The cab is physically isolated from the rest of the unit, cushioning it and making for a quieter ride. This was the first SD70ACe that I had seen with the Isolated cab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101955 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 2161 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After a night and early morning of snow and sleet, the clouds are now breaking up and making way for the morning sun to shine through. This northbound PRB coal empty (reroute) passes some shards of asphalt discarded as part of the construction going on in the area. The Flatirons Mall, built within the last five years or so, is just visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101954 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1980 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Dark skies make for a nice backdrop as this northbound Powder River Basin coal empty (rerouted up the Front Range Sub) approaches the north end of the now-severed Brainard Drive. With the new development in the area, the grade crossing that use to exist to my right has been ripped out and Brainard now comes to a dead end here at the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101953 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An interesting weather morning on the Front Range Sub on this day. A snow/sleet/rain mix gave way to sunny skies over a short period of time. Minute ago, this northbound PRB coal train reroute was rolling through blowing snow. In the distance on the left, note the caboose and the half dozen cars lined up at Burns Junction, read to go to their industries in Lafayette. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101952 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Broomfield, CO 1826 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF has sped its patching campaign lately. The green and cream SD70MAC's have been losing their "BN" or old "BNSF" heralds from their nose at a record pace. Case-in-point is SD70MAC #9584. The rather dirty unit has a very clean nose as the old herald had been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101951 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2360 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The southern end of the Front Range Sub is one of those rare subdivisions where might actually see a northbound coal empty or a northbound coal load! Northbound coal loads head toward the Valmont power plant in Boulder and are pretty common. Coal empties however only come to the Front Range Sub when they are headed for the Powder River Basin and have been re-routed. Such was the case on this day as this PRB coal empty heads north through the siding at Broomfield after a meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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