Photo ID: 110313 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 602 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak The equipment for Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train, temporarily borrowed for a special move to Longmont, sits across Emery Street in Longmont on a bland, overcast afternoon. The train ran 1x1 north and, of course, will do so for the trip south as well. Several people who took the train north, including Colorado Governor Jared Polis, will actually take the purple bus (parking on the street above AMTK 174) back to Denver rather than returning on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110312 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 458 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak A pair of BNSF geeps and a pair of BNSF SD70MACs sit near the Longmont depot in the distance as Amtrak's colorful AMTK 174 sits on what is now the tail end of a soon-to-depart southbound special that will run from Longmont back to Union Station in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110311 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 529 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak Long time Amtrak conductor, "Conductor Brad", leans out the cab of AMTK 174 in Longmont to thank some fans for their interest in the special move from Denver to Longmont. Momentarily, Brad will disappear back into the cab to help conduct an air test for the return trip to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110310 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 535 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak I must admit, Amtrak's new Phase 7 paint scheme is my personal favorite scheme since the Phase 3 scheme that reigned through the 1980s and much of the 1990s. All but 10 of the new ALC-42 Chargers will sport this new scheme. AMTK 174 is, as of the date of this picture, the only P42DC to receive the scheme. No idea if Amtrak plans to (eventually) repaint the entire P42 fleet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110309 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 532 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak The configuration of BNSF's Front Range Sub is rather interesting in Longmont. The main track actually takes the diverging route at a switch. That switch is seen here, with AMTK 174 taking the diverging route, sitting (stopped) on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110308 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak Amtrak's special Front Range train has arrived at its northern destination in Longmont. The city of Longmont shut down the intersection and grade crossing at Emery Street. The train came to a stop right across the street and the passengers on board, including Colorado Governor Jared Polis, de-boarded and went to a pub for a quick conversation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110307 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Niwot Niwot, CO 569 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak When learning of this special Amtrak run from Denver to Longmont on BNSF's Front Range Sub, I was hoping for a nice shot of the train backdropped by the flatirons. Alas, Mother Nature had other plans as a low ceiling of clouds completely obscured the mountains. With no flatirons visible, the special Amtrak move passes through Niwot along the Diagonal highway that connects Boulder and Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110306 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 427 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak Just north of Broomfield, a special Amtrak trip to Longmont moves away from the camera. To simplify the move, a P42DC was put on either end of the train. AMTK 169 was the unit on the south end and would lead for the trip back to Denver later in the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110305 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak You could not ask for a more bland, flat, gray day for a special move on the Front Range Sub! The very striking Phase VII scheme of AMTK 174 is the only real color in the scene just north of the siding of Broomfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110304 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 453 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak At the north siding switch of Broomfield, Amtrak's special run from Denver to Longmont crosses over Brainard Drive, passing by a number of railfans out to view the special move north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110303 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 550 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak There is quite a bit of interest from both Amtrak and the State of Colorado in trying to get some state-sponsored Amtrak trains running along the Front Range from Ft Collins to Pueblo. In a very rare move, the Winter Park Express equipment was repurposed for one day to take several key dignitaries on a trip from Denver to Longmont on the Front Range Sub. Included on the train were Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Amtrak President Roger Harris, among others. AMTK 174, sporting Amtrak's newest (Phase VII) paint scheme, was brought in from Chicago specifically for the special. Here, the train crosses Clear Creek just north of Utah Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110282 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 406 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a fantastic, wintery scene at the west end of Cliff as the Winter Park Express charges west. Passenger on board are looking forward to day on the slopes at Winter Park, just another 20 (rail) miles ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110281 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 685 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 171 leads the Winter Park Express west toward a clear (green) signal at the west end of Cliff. This section of track frequently goes weeks or even months with snow in the winter as it is on the north side of the mountain. There is never direct sunlight here in the winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110280 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Morning sun peeks through clouds to light up the Winter Park Express as heads for the east portal of Tunnel 1. This will be the only westbound Amtrak that will be running on the Moffat today. The westbound Zephyr will be stopping in Denver, having been canceled west of Denver due to adverse weather. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110279 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Sunday Winter Park Express passes by the hotbox detector at milepost 22.6, just west of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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