Photo ID: 110303 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak There is quite a bit of interest from both Amtrak and the State of Colorado in trying to get some state-sponsored Amtrak trains running along the Front Range from Ft Collins to Pueblo. In a very rare move, the Winter Park Express equipment was repurposed for one day to take several key dignitaries on a trip from Denver to Longmont on the Front Range Sub. Included on the train were Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Amtrak President Roger Harris, among others. AMTK 174, sporting Amtrak's newest (Phase VII) paint scheme, was brought in from Chicago specifically for the special. Here, the train crosses Clear Creek just north of Utah Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109332 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this northbound loaded sand train on the Front Range Sub. The train has a track warrant as far as MP 25 in Boulder. When in reaches there, the dispatcher told the crew he should be able to get them another warrant to continue north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109331 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A heavy northbound sand train slowly approaches the Sheridan Blvd underpass in Westminster. The Heritage 2 scheme is becoming less and less common on BNSF, but there are still quite a few units sporting the scheme. Mainly C44-9Ws, such as BNSF 5290. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Even though it may not be leading, it is always great to catch a Warbonnet on a train in 2023! BNSF 736 has actually stood the test of time pretty well, considering how faded some of the units now are. The unit came down on the Front Range Sub early this morning, second out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108984 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF manifest, coming off of the Front Range Sub, crosses the UP Belt Industrial Lead at Utah Junction. A Warbonnet happens to be second out on the elephant-style manifest as it arrives in Denver. Note the slew of center beam flats UP has stored in the storage yard at North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108710 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Boulder Boulder, CO 867 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The sun moves to the western sky as a southbound BNSF wind blade train makes its way in to Boulder. The train is configured 1x1, meaning there is a single unit on the head end and, as seen here, a single DPU bringing up the rear of the train. As the work day comes to an end, traffic on the Diagonal Highway is starting to pick up. This highway connects the cities of Boulder and Longmont and sees a lot of traffic over the course of a day. The flatirons of the Rockies stand tall in the distance under summer clouds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108709 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 754 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An ES44C4 leads a wind blade train south down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont. Cars line either side of the tracks as Atwood Street is a one way on either side of the rails here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108708 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 776 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF One of the more interesting places to check out trains along the Front Range, in my opinion, is in Longmont on Atwood Street. BNSF's Front Range Sub runs right down the middle of the street! This is a residential street that is lined with houses and a park. Several times a day, the silence in the neighborhood is shattered by the sound of a train, such as this one, running down the middle of the street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108707 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on this southbound wind blade train has aligned the south switch at Longs Peak for the main after meeting a northbound manifest. The crew is now waiting to receive a track warrant from the Front Range Sub dispatcher so they can continue south toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108706 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Have you ever wondered just how long one of those blades in a power-generating wind mill? Turns out, one blade is nearly as long as three GE units! The Denver-Laurel moves north (right-to-left) while a wind blade train waits to proceed south (left-to-right). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108705 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 777 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The northbound Denver-Laurel, with a BNSF "sticker unit" - the nickname given to the 25th Anniversary units BNSF has released that have stickers of logos of previous railroads - rolls in to the siding at the south end of Longs Peak to meet a southbound wind (blade) train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108704 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF As a wind train sits on the main at Longs Peak, you can see that the south siding switch has been "bent" (aligned) for the siding. The Denver-Laurel will be coming up and entering the siding in just a few minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108703 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 826 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound "blade train", loaded with wind generator blades, sits on the main at Longs Peak with a single unit on the point. The train is waiting for the Denver-Laurel manifest to get in to the siding. Once that happens, the blade train can get a warrant south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108702 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Highland Larimer County, CO 727 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on the Denver-Laurel is on the ground and has just thrown the switch at North Highland to align for the main. The power will make a reverse move to back on to the train after dropping off a few cars in the siding at Highland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108701 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Highland Larimer County, CO 737 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At the north switch of Highland, BNSF's Denver-Laurel manifest drops a few cars off at the north end of Highland. These cars will be picked up later on by the Longmont Switch, a local train that runs out of Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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