Photo ID: 101624 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Boulder, CO 1811 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a beautiful October morning, a BNSF track geometry train makes its way north on the Front Range Sub along the Diagonal (between Boulder and Longmont). Along this stretch of track, the train is rapidly approaching at 47 miles per hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101623 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Boulder, CO 1759 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A two-car track geometry train passes the Valmont Power Station in Boulder. The test train consists of an SD40-2, Track Geometry Car #1, and the Rio Grande River (with stadium seating in the back!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101622 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Boulder, CO 2049 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This "train" is slowing on the approach the Boulder as it passes the Valmont Reservoir. This is a track geometry train, used to check for defects in the track. The first car - Track Geometry Car #1 - actually performs the testing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101620 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1781 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A quick "grab" shot of a snoot-nose BNSF SD40-2. The unit behind the Dash 2 is EMDX 9099. This was the last of 100 SD60s leased to BNSF through Oakway Leasing. A beautiful fall morning in Colorado near Church Ranch Road and US-36. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101619 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1873 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With the mountains in the distance, a northbound BNSF manifest passes Church Ranch Lake led by three Warbonnets. Two of the three were originally lettered for BNSF, the third was originally lettered for Santa Fe (which has since, of course, been patched). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101618 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Thanks to a friend, I got a good heads up that BNSF's HDENLAU was being led by three Warbonnets! Up front was an SD75I followed by a C40-8W and a C44-9W. I caught the train coming around Church Ranch Lake, about to pass underneath US-36. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101594 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On a pleasant September morning, the southbound Laurel, MT to Denver manifest (HLAUDEN) makes its way south through Boulder. Although it was badly faded, it was still nice to see a warbonnet on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101593 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Boulder, CO 2633 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The trains on the Front Range Sub are typically powered by C44-9W's in one of the orange BNSF schemes (H1, H2 or New Image). Every so often, though, you'll get a really unique consist on the point of a train. Such was the case here as two warbonnet SD75M's and a CEFX SD60 (of Soo heritage) lead the MDENLAU north out of Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101592 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Boulder, CO 1809 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF When summer leaves, it leaves! The last day of summer saw clear skies and temperatures in the 70's and 80's. Two days later, temperatures are in the low 50's and it is raining. The northbound HDENLAU, with some nice power, is seen here racing north out of Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101578 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Boulder, CO 2173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF As I was coming out of work an getting into the car, I turned on the scanner an immediately heard a southbound getting a warrant at MP 35. The lead unit was BNSF 9798, so I though an SD70MAC would be a nice change of pace. Turns out I doubly surprised as two green and cream SD70MACs were the only power on the train, the Longmont Turn. The train is crossing 47th Avenue at MP 32, and I'm standing on the Foothills Parkway overpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101535 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 23, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 2079 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF I kind of liked the irony in this particular picture. You have Burlington Northern on one side coming together with Santa Fe on the other side to create a shiny new railroad, BNSF! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101534 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 23, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 2655 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A slightly different perspective of Valmont for this HLAUDEN. I thought I'd hike down the hill from the top of Legion Park a ways to see what a shot looked like closer to the tracks and track-level. A bit of Dark Future mixed in with Pumpkins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101527 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 2078 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An ES44AC leads a coal empty north through Boulder on the mainline. Not too often on the Front Range Sub that you can get a shot of two coal trains meeting each other! Now granted, the train on the siding to the right has no power as the hoppers are loaded and waiting to head to Valmont. Close enough to a meet though. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101526 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Something is a comin' from the south! A BNSF coal empty being rerouted from the Brush Subdivision creeps into Boulder at 10 MPH. The train had three units (2x1), but even so, I think it was quite a pull coming up into Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101525 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Broomfield, CO 1723 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF We've all heard of NIMBY's, an acronym for Not In My Back Yard. You just know that people moving into this new development will be complaining about those darn trains soon. I think I'm going to become a NATROW - Not Along The Right Of Way. 30 months ago, there wasn't a sign of development here and it was a GREAT S-Curve to shoot. Oh well, progress..... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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