Photo ID: 102020 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2085 (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 1853 (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 2239 (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 1669 (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 1558 (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 1933 (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 2126 (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 1951 (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 1759 (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 1803 (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 2317 (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. Photo ID: 101950 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1992 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Near the north end of Broomfield (and Burns Junction), this southbound Track Geometry train slowly heads down the main track. The train is meeting a rare re-routed Powder River coal empty headed north due to track work on the Angora Subdivision northeast of Denver. BNSF 1511 - a GP28M - is looking pretty darn good (and clean!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101949 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 2168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A Track Geometry train with track measurement cars BNSF 81 and Rio Grande River (BNSF 80) rounds the curve north (geographically west) of Broomfield. The south end of the (relatively new) Northwest Parkway can be seen in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101948 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1953 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Less than two years ago, the giant pile of condos in the background were even a splinter in the ground! Today there is quite a bit of expansion north of US-36 near the Flatiron Crossing Mall. Meanwhile, a BNSF Track Geometry train heads sound on the Front Range Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101940 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Boulder, CO 2233 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The tracks along the Front Range Sub between Boulder and Longmont definitely move up a down quite a bit! Even though the Longmont Turn is clearly climbing a hill here, overall the tracks are going down an ruling 1.54% grade the rest of the way into Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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