Photo ID: 106393 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1679 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific At the north siding switch of Broomfield, a BNSF crew has UP's ZDVSC (Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT) daily intermodal train moving quickly north. Typically, this train departs Denver between 4am and 5am and typically, of course, it runs on UP's Greeley Sub. But a derailment the previous night still had the line closed and UP needed to run the Z-Train. Many railfans were hoping that UP might decide to single-stack the containers and run the train via the Moffat (as the Moffat cannot support double stacks). Or at least run the TOFC cars via the Moffat. Instead, this equally rare shot was produced. BNSF allowed UP to run the Z-Trains on the Front Range Sub between Denver and Cheyenne. This northbound Z-Train would meet the southbound ZLADV at Longs Peak! I was able to get this shot with the last few remnants of light as the sun had already set behind the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106392 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wadsworth Blvd Westminster, CO 1751 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific Here is a shot that might make you do a double take! UP power on an intermodal train coming underneath 92nd Avenue on the BNSF Front Range Sub!? Yep! A derailment near Eaton, CO on the Greeley Sub resulted in UP running their daily Z-Train north via BNSF to Cheyenne. Two ES44ACs and two SD70Ms lead up the train on the approach to Wadsworth Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106391 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wadsworth Blvd Westminster, CO 1586 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific Now here is a rare site to behold! Due to a derailment on UP's Greeley Sub, UP talked to BNSF and rerouted the daily ZDVSC up the Front Range Sub to Cheyenne. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever happened! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 88th Avenue Westminster, CO 1537 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of a northbound coal empty. The train is crossing 88th Avenue on the Front Range Sub. If you look in the distance just to the left of the train, you can see a couple of apartment buildings. I actually lived in those building for about 18 months when I was in college! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106344 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 88th Avenue Westminster, CO 1569 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin approaches the 88th Avenue grade crossing in Boulder. The overpass in the distance is that of Sheridan Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106261 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound unit covered hopper train (likely a sand train) pulls out of the siding at Broomfield and onto the main at the (relatively) new south switch. Traffic can be seen crossing over the tracks on US-287 in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106260 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After holding in the siding at Broomfield for a northbound manifest, this southbound covered hopper train has received a new warrant and is ready to roll for Denver. This is the new south switch for the siding of Broomfield after the north end was extended roughly 2,000 feet to the north. Broomfield previously had two grade crossing within the siding. It now has zero! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106259 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest rolls north on the main at Broomfield, preparing to slow in order to stop at the north end of the siding. The trains track warrant only goes as far as the north switch. The north switch will also have to be aligned for the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106258 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1630 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's daily Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest rolls north on the main at Broomfield. The train is meeting a southbound unit covered hopper train, waiting patiently in the siding. The northbound only has a warrant as far as the north siding switch of Broomfield. There, it will stop and wait for a new warrant from the dispatcher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106248 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1577 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a rather gloomy Wednesday, a northbound BNSF work train passes by Church Ranch Lake in Westminster. A pair of C44-9Ws lead ballast train that includes some ballast washers on it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106247 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1582 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Was kind of cool seeing this particular C44-9W. Why you might ask? This is the lowest numbered C44-9W on BNSF's roster. The "class unit", if you will. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106246 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1597 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest is led by a trio of elephant-style GEs at Broomfield under rainy, overcast skies. The train is approaching the former location of the Brainard Drive grade crossing. The road was moved about a half mile to the northwest to accommodate the extension of the Broomfield siding to the north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106245 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On one of the chiller days so far this fall season (around 45°F), BNSF's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest cuts through the light raid and mist on the main at Broomfield. The siding, which doesn't run exactly parallel to the main much of the time, is visible to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106164 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels It is actually rather amazing just how many classic passenger cars are in the United States that are now privately owned! 21 of them were on this chartered train, headed for Spokane, WA for an AAPRCO (American Association of Private Rail Car Owners) convention. This would be one heck of a ride, traveling over very rare passenger mileage. Originally, I had planned to chase the train north to Cheyenne and beyond. However, another train caught my attention instead...see the next picture in the gallery! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106163 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1764 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Amtrak P40DC #822, wearing the 40th Anniversary "Phase III" paint scheme, leads the High Iron Travels excursion train north along the diagonal north of Boulder. The 21-car train is headed for a private rail car owner convention in Spokane, WA. Nice to see Amtrak lending out such a classy unit to lead the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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