Photo ID: 108719 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF coal load is passing by a lot of MOW at Plain. Several track panels, sometimes referred to as "snap track" are laid out both on the house track and alongside it. The coal load met the Zephyr here at Plain, and has a clear signal coming out the east end of the siding. So it will not need to stop. In the distance, you can see the two end DPUs coming out of Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108718 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 846 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal load, which loaded at the Savage loadout near Price, UT, is coming through Rainbow Cut on the siding at Plain. Hiding behind the coal load in the distance is the westbound Zephyr, ready to get a Clear (green) signal as soon as the coal train clears the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108717 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 842 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Zephyr holds the main at Plain as an eastbound BNSF coal load enters the siding. You can see the rest of the coal train coming out of Tunnel 3 in the distance. This was actually a very well-planned meet by DS-80. Amtrak came to a stop at the west switch just as the coal load popped out of Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108716 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 884 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal load emerges from Tunnel 4, running through Tunnel 3, and crosses over the fill just west of Tunnel 2. This fill was washed out in September 2013 when "500-year" rains hit the Front Range of the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108710 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Boulder Boulder, CO 1145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The sun moves to the western sky as a southbound BNSF wind blade train makes its way in to Boulder. The train is configured 1x1, meaning there is a single unit on the head end and, as seen here, a single DPU bringing up the rear of the train. As the work day comes to an end, traffic on the Diagonal Highway is starting to pick up. This highway connects the cities of Boulder and Longmont and sees a lot of traffic over the course of a day. The flatirons of the Rockies stand tall in the distance under summer clouds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108709 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1069 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An ES44C4 leads a wind blade train south down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont. Cars line either side of the tracks as Atwood Street is a one way on either side of the rails here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108708 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1086 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF One of the more interesting places to check out trains along the Front Range, in my opinion, is in Longmont on Atwood Street. BNSF's Front Range Sub runs right down the middle of the street! This is a residential street that is lined with houses and a park. Several times a day, the silence in the neighborhood is shattered by the sound of a train, such as this one, running down the middle of the street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108707 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 1013 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on this southbound wind blade train has aligned the south switch at Longs Peak for the main after meeting a northbound manifest. The crew is now waiting to receive a track warrant from the Front Range Sub dispatcher so they can continue south toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108706 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 936 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Have you ever wondered just how long one of those blades in a power-generating wind mill? Turns out, one blade is nearly as long as three GE units! The Denver-Laurel moves north (right-to-left) while a wind blade train waits to proceed south (left-to-right). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108705 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 1074 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The northbound Denver-Laurel, with a BNSF "sticker unit" - the nickname given to the 25th Anniversary units BNSF has released that have stickers of logos of previous railroads - rolls in to the siding at the south end of Longs Peak to meet a southbound wind (blade) train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108704 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 976 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF As a wind train sits on the main at Longs Peak, you can see that the south siding switch has been "bent" (aligned) for the siding. The Denver-Laurel will be coming up and entering the siding in just a few minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108703 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak Larimer County, CO 1116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound "blade train", loaded with wind generator blades, sits on the main at Longs Peak with a single unit on the point. The train is waiting for the Denver-Laurel manifest to get in to the siding. Once that happens, the blade train can get a warrant south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108702 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Highland Larimer County, CO 1015 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on the Denver-Laurel is on the ground and has just thrown the switch at North Highland to align for the main. The power will make a reverse move to back on to the train after dropping off a few cars in the siding at Highland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108701 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Highland Larimer County, CO 997 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF At the north switch of Highland, BNSF's Denver-Laurel manifest drops a few cars off at the north end of Highland. These cars will be picked up later on by the Longmont Switch, a local train that runs out of Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108683 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 857 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily westbound manifest out of Denver, destined for Pueblo, slowly makes its way through the narrowest part of Barbara's Gulch, just east of Rocky. The train is slowing as it had an Approach (yellow) signal at the last intermediate. However, upon getting around the bend, they will find a Clear (green) signal waiting for them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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