Photo ID: 106139 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Cheyenne, WY 1673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF coal empty crosses over the four UP main tracks on the west side of Cheyenne. A major afternoon thunder storm has passed by the area and provides fantastic contrast. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106138 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Cheyenne, WY 1732 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, CP A northbound BNSF coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin approaches Cheyenne as storm clouds to the east darken. The Canadian Pacific unit was an unexpected surprise! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106058 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1837 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The cows in the meadow alongside the tracks did not appreciate the BNSF Employee Special nearly as much as I did! As the train approached, several cows that were close to the tracks made a mad dash away and deeper into the field. The train is approaching the Northwest Parkway overpass, from which this picture was taken. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106057 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1778 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF North of Broomfield, a BNSF passenger special rolls north past a lonely Cottonwood tree on the north edge of Broomfield. The train, which is an Employee Appreciate train, has power on both ends. When the train arrives in Boulder, it will reverse directions and return to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106056 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Denver, CO 1795 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF You can almost still smell the fresh paint! GE's Tier-4 compliant engines just started showing up toward the end of 2015. The standard model is designated the ET44AC. BNSF has chosen to order a variant on that model and, thus far, has exclusively received the ET44C4. Rather than being C-C trucks, these have A1A-A1A trucks, same as the ES44C4 before them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106055 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1820 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF does a pretty good job of finding some good looking power anytime it runs a passenger train. The Employee Appreciation Special was no exception! The train has a brand new ET44C4 on the north end for power. The train is at the north end of Broomfield and crossing Brainard Drive. Another railfan, driving a class car, grabs a few shots as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106054 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1817 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF Employee Appreciation passenger special approaches the north siding switch of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106053 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1647 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF tries to show its employees that it appreciates them. One way it does this (from time-to-time) is by running an Employee Appreciation Special. A string of BNSF-owned passenger cars were put together and power placed on either end of the train. Two times (at 1pm and 6pm) on June 4th, the train departed Denver and ran north to Boulder on the Front Range Sub. After a brief stop in Boulder, the train returned to Denver. Here, as part of the evening departure, the train approaches the south switch of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106028 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Junction Cheyenne, WY 1718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RIT Happy passengers! The first leg of the day's journey is nearly complete as the Front Range Explorer, a specially chartered train, rolls north past the siding of Speer toward Cheyenne. There, a BNSF Pilot will board the train for the continued trip north. The train will run up the Orin Subdivision through the Powder River Basin and ultimately tie up in Gillette, WY for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106027 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Junction Cheyenne, WY 1635 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RIT Riding in style! These passengers have been sitting on the open vestibule for most of the trip from Denver up to Cheyenne. Not that I blame them...that is likely exactly where I'd be sitting as well if I were on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106026 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne, WY 1757 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RIT We are about four miles north of the Colorado/Wyoming border as the Front Range Explorer glides by on the main track at Speer. In the distance, you can just see a few cars on I-25, which the train just passed beneath. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106025 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Junction Cheyenne, WY 1762 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RIT Now in Wyoming, the Front Range Explorer pulls through the south switch of Speer. This siding is relatively short and seldomly used. In the distance, you can see tracks on a bridge. This is UP's Greeley Sub, which the BNSF Front Range Sub crosses underneath. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106024 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Norfolk Larimer County, CO 1801 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Larimer County Road 5 follows the tracks for roughly five miles south of the siding of Norfolk. The road is on the west side of the tracks, however, meaning it was time for an artsy backlit shot. The Front Range Explorer passes by a wide open field under hazy skies on its journey north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106023 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Wellington Larimer County, CO 1687 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels North of Wellington, the Front Range Explorer special crosses a bridge running over North County Road 7. Those passengers on sitting on the open vestibule of the last car must really be enjoying the ride. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106022 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Wellington Larimer County, CO 1815 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels North of the city of Wellington, CO, the Front Range Explorer special follows a gentle curve to the northeast. The train has made good time from Denver to Cheyenne and will only make one additional stop prior to reaching Cheyenne. The train will need to stop at the south siding switch of Owl Canyon as the switch is reversed for the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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