Photo ID: 106009 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder Boulder, CO 1887 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak In between Jay Road and 55th Street, the Front Range Explorer excursion train is on the roll north of Boulder. The tracks here parallel the Diagonal Highway, connecting Boulder and Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106008 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 2017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels High Iron Travels Front Range Explorer passenger train, a specially chartered excursion, heads north around Church Ranch Lake in Westminster. This pair of Amtrak P42s were leased, as were two Amtrak crews. There is a BNSF pilot in the cab to assist with the rules of the route, track warrants, etc. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106007 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 1810 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels This is a rare train running on rare miles. The train is part of a special charter by High Rail Travels. The special, called the Front Range Explorer, left Denver just after 7am and was headed for Gillette, WY to tie up for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105644 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1908 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Introducing the ET44C4. If you are looking at this picture in 2025, then this is most likely a common site. However, here in 2015, this was the first production version of this model I saw in person. BNSF took delivery of roughly 100 units in 2015. The unit is Tier 4 compliant and, like the ES44C4, it is an A1A-A1A unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105643 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1938 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF What would think of this as the view from the end of your driveway!? Longmont residents that live on Atwood Street get exactly that. A northbound manifest proceeds down the median, offering a fair amount of horn when approaching each cross street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105642 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1845 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Clear of the main track, this BNSF local is backing toward the yard at Longmont. Once there, the crew will break the train across two tracks and tie down for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105641 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1894 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Running from Denver to Cheyenne (or vice versa) on the Front Range Sub takes time. In addition to the lack of signals, there are multiple stretches of track that have reduced speeds. Atwood Street in Longmont is one of those. The track run down the median of the street, which one direction running on either side. Here, a local heads south down said median. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105640 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 1889 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A trio of four axle GEs bring a local south down Atwood Street in Longmont. The power is entirely B40-8s, with two being the wide cab variety. The train just finished switching in Loveland and, after switching a little bit more in Longmont, the train will tie up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105639 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Boulder Boulder, CO 1912 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest, with a trio of elephant-style GEs for power, crosses the South Siding Switch of Boulder. I had originally wanted to get this shot more toward the middle of the siding, but a string of empty hoppers (that delivered coal to the Valmont Power Plant) blocked that plan. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105638 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1843 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF My daughter Jaina came with me on this particular afternoon to check out action on the Front Range Sub. The conductor saw her with a camera and gave a friendly wave. You may notice the second unit has a bit of a different look to it. This is the first production ET44C4 I've seen! The ET44C4 is GE's Tier 4 compliant engine and, at the time of this photo, the only (new) locomotive legal to sell in the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105637 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 2095 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's daily Denver, CO to Laurel, MT mixed freight crosses (the new) Brainard Drive just north (geographically west) of the new North Siding Switch of Broomfield. The new extension to the siding is now complete and fully in service. There are no grade crossing anywhere along the siding at Broomfield now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105631 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1982 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Buck Local sports some nice power as its proceeds north back toward Longmont. The local has completed switching on the Lafayette Branch. The empty centerbeam flats at the back of the train were switched out from Universal Forest Products and Lafayette Lumber Company. Both B40-8Ws were originally delivered to Santa Fe in Warbonnet colors. One was repainted to Heritage 2, the other had a very interesting "BNSF" patch job on the long hood! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105630 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1901 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With its train reassembled, the Buck Local departs from Broomfield northbound heading back toward Longmont. Traffic is light on the Front Range Sub on this day. The local has a "Box 4" to work between MP 13 and MP 45. Basically, the train can move in either direction anywhere over that 32 mile stretch of track! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105629 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1907 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In addition to the Buck Local, this picture also does a nice job of capturing the configuration of trackwork at Broomfield. The train is running through a switch that exists from the Lafayette Branch on to the siding. The new siding extension, which has just been ballasted, can be seen on the left side of the picture. It continue on for another 3,800 feet or so to the north. The track in the foreground is the main. In the distance, you can see the brakeman from the Buck Local preparing to align the north switch of Broomfield for the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105628 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1887 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of (ex-Santa Fe) B40-8Ws escort the Buck Local toward the end of the Lafayette Branch. In the foreground, you can see the Front Range Sub mainline, and the freshly-ballasted Broomfield siding. This is an extension of the siding to the north, not yet in service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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