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Photo ID: 101855
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1888
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
At the north end of the siding of Broomfield, the Valmont coal train pulls as close to the switch as possible in order to clear Nickel Street...which it did by a car length or two. In the distance, the HLAUDEN had to tie its train down at MP 16 because its crew died!
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Photo ID: 101854
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Church Ranch Lake
Westminster, CO
2466
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Power from the HPASSAG heads north by Church Ranch Lake, leaving the Valmont coal load behind after helping the train up Westminster Hill. The power will clear up on the main at Broomfield, allowing the coal train to get a warrant into the siding at Broomfield.
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Photo ID: 101853
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 11
Westminster, CO
1923
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Something of a unique view in this shot as two units pull away from the Valmont coal load to head back to Broomfield. The two units helped pull the coal load up Westminster Hill where it stalled out earlier in the day.
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Photo ID: 101852
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Church Ranch Lake
Westminster, CO
1935
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
With a little help on the point, the Valmont coal train comes to a stop near Church Ranch Lake. Here, two units that helped pull the train up Westminster Hill will cut off the train and return to Broomfield. There, their train is waiting in the siding.
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Photo ID: 101851
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 8.5
Westminster, CO
2327
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Near the Westminster Mall on the Front Range Subdivision, the Valmont coal train stalled out! After an hour of waiting, two units from the HPASSAG - which tied down in Broomfield - showed up and tied onto the front of the train. After another hour of working, the train was finally ready to pull. Five units on the point of the Valmont coal train on the Front Range Sub...not something you see very often!
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Photo ID: 101850
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 10
Westminster, CO
1902
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
Power from the HPASSAG heads south - light - at Olde Wadsworth Blvd. The power is headed toward MP 8.5 to save the Valmont coal load. The Valmont train lost a unit and stalled out on Westminster Hill, blocking 80th Avenue.
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Photo ID: 101849
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Church Ranch Lake
Westminster, CO
2131
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The Valmont coal load stalled out on Westminster Hill. To lend a helping hand, the power from the HPASSAG (Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX) cut away from its train and is heading south here around Church Ranch Lake.
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Photo ID: 101848
Date Shot
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Friday, February 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Broomfield, CO
2323
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
This northbound HDENLAU just received a warrant from the Front Range Dispatcher to proceed from the south siding switch at Broomfield to the north siding switch at North Yard. That warrant spans about 65 miles! Two H2's and a "Catfish" lead the train just north (geographically west) of Broomfield.
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Photo ID: 101847
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, February 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1762
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
There is a lot of junk to be found in this picture! And not just in the gondolas either. Now, I have nothing against BNSF...I have always appreciated that they try to match the colors of the unit they are patching when they apply a patch. But lately, they have been "scratching off" the BN herald from the nose of the SD70MACs. The nose of the unit looks was to plain now.
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Photo ID: 101846
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, February 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
2638
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The lighting could have been better for this shot, but the clouds did come out looking extremely dramatic...I really like this shot because it depicts the three-way meet that took place. The HLAUDEN is about to leave the siding (to the right). The Longmont Turn is following the train into the siding with a Box 3 on its warrant. Meanwhile, the HDENLAU holds the main, waiting for the Longmont Turn to clear to it can continue north.
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Photo ID: 101845
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, February 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
2149
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
The southbound HLAUDEN has cleared up in the siding at Broomfield to wait for its counterpart - the HDENLAU - to come out of town. The dispatcher has informed the crew that they have a bit of wait, so the conductor has "gone for beans", meaning he will pick up a bit of lunch in town.
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Photo ID: 101842
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 11.5
Westminster, CO
1883
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
With instructions to clear the main track on the siding at Broomfield, this QDENTAC is only moving along at 10 MPH. The switch at the sound end of Broomfield must be aligned for the siding, so the conductor will have to get out. The DENTAC usually consists entirely of COFC (Containers on Flat Car), but on this day, a few cars carrying concrete ties were found on the front of the train.
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Photo ID: 101841
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 16
Broomfield, CO
1951
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
On rather "blah" weather day, the southbound HLAUDEN is on the approach to the north siding switch Broomfield. The train will hold the main track at Broomfield to wait for the QDENTAC to take the siding at Broomfield. Note that the second and third units are both in the Warbonnet scheme. The peak in the background is Longs Peak. Also, the buildings in the background are a part of the StorageTek facility. The campus was recently purchased and will be rebuilt in the next three or four years.
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Photo ID: 101828
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, January 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 9
Westminster, CO
2020
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Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
This Valmont coal empty has a colorful consist on the point as the train makes its way through Westminster heading toward Denver. The train is passing underneath 92nd Avenue in the distance and is on the approach to Pierce Street.
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Photo ID: 101827
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, January 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1954
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A unique power lineup sitting on the siding at Broomfield on BNSF's Front Range Sub. A New Image ES44AC leads up a patched Espee AC4400CW (with a new yellow stripe along the frame) and a UP AC4400CW. The crew is untying the train in preparation of its departure for Denver.
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