Photo ID: 101524 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16.5 Broomfield, CO 1786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6060 leads a coal empty north on the Front Range Sub just north of the siding of Broomfield. The train encountered a bit of a delay at Broomfield. First, the train had to cut the Nickel Street crossing, then it had to wait for two southbounds, then it had to put its train back together, and finally, it had to contact mechanical to solve an alarm issue on its DPU! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101523 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2109 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This 7,000-foot-long coal empty has been rerouted from the Brush Sub to the Front Range Sub due to track work. Not very common to see a long silver snake like this on the Front Range Sub! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101522 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1939 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound coal empty (reroute) is so long, that it couldn't fit north of the Nickel Street crossing in Broomfield and the train had to cut the crossing! The crew on the southbound Pasco to Saginaw manifest stopped here to assist in the reassembling of the coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101521 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2257 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A couple of things to note in this shot. First off, you can clearly see the unique setup of the Broomfield siding here as the mainline and siding are actually on different grades. Second, look at the explosion of development to the west! 20 years ago, there would have been nothing but empty field out there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101520 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1920 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At Broomfield, a southbound Pasco to Saginaw manifest enters the siding at Broomfield while a rerouted coal empty sits on the main, patiently waiting. The coal empty would normally run up the Brush Sub in northeast Colorado, but track work caused a reroute up the Front Range Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101519 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 16, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 2373 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The southbound Laurel to Denver manifest slowly passes Valmont as seen from Legion Park. The second unit is BNSF 638, a former ATSF Warbonnet and one of the few such Warbonnets that was repainted in the Heritage 2 scheme! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101501 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Boulder, CO 2641 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Loram There is a nice view of the flatirons in the background as the Loram rail grinder makes it way north at Independence Road in Boulder. The work train is just north of MP 32 and the Foothills overpass is visible in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101500 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Boulder, CO 2076 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Loram Just south of MP 32 and the Foothills underpass, this Loram rail grinder is slowly working its way north on the Front Range Sub. On this particular trip, only the rails on curves were being ground. The grinder was skipping right over the straight stretches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101499 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1819 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Loram In between switches on the main in Boulder, this Loram rail grinder is making its way north. The worker at the end of the train watches for any fires that might accidentally be started as a result of grinding and extinguishes them with one of the water canons on board. The cars on the siding have no power and will be picked up later in the day by the southbound HLAUDEN. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101461 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 13, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 2050 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It's been quite awhile since I've seen two B-units working on a coal train! And I don't know that I've every (personally) seen two B40-8W's working together on the Front Range Sub before. There are only 81 such units on BNSF's roster (at the time of the photo) and these two looked good together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101460 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 13, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Valmont Boulder, CO 2383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Valmont Power Plant in Boulder receives its coal from a joint effort between UP and BNSF. UP hauls the coal from the mines in the Colorado high country down to Denver, where the train is turned over to BNSF. BNSF takes the train to Boulder via the Front Range Sub and delivers the loaded hoppers to the power plant. On this particular afternoon, two B40-8W's switch some cars around at the plant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101317 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (MP 27) Boulder, CO 1923 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On my way into work, I was surprised to find this Laurel to Denver manifest tied down in the siding at Boulder. Typically, the train is too long to fit at Boulder. First up was a BNSF C44-9CW, then an Oakway SD60, and finally a Ferromex ES44DC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101276 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 Westminster, CO 2343 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A sign of the conditions of the day, snow blows off the ballast and the cars as this northbound HDENLAU-07 moves quickly north near Lower Church Lake. The train was moving at 48 MPH on the approach to Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101243 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 11, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos Street Denver, CO 2270 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The northbound Cheyenne Local is just getting underway as it departs from Denver with BNSF 8022 and FURX 7224 for power. Note the train passing underneath the (relatively new) Belt Line Flyover in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101216 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Superior, CO 1867 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 8230 has just conquered the rather steep (albeit short) 2% grade in between Broomfield and Superior. The train will now descend down a 1.5% to 1.65% grade through Boulder and into Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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