Photo ID: 106164 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1661 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels It is actually rather amazing just how many classic passenger cars are in the United States that are now privately owned! 21 of them were on this chartered train, headed for Spokane, WA for an AAPRCO (American Association of Private Rail Car Owners) convention. This would be one heck of a ride, traveling over very rare passenger mileage. Originally, I had planned to chase the train north to Cheyenne and beyond. However, another train caught my attention instead...see the next picture in the gallery! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106163 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Diagonal Boulder, CO 1835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Amtrak P40DC #822, wearing the 40th Anniversary "Phase III" paint scheme, leads the High Iron Travels excursion train north along the diagonal north of Boulder. The 21-car train is headed for a private rail car owner convention in Spokane, WA. Nice to see Amtrak lending out such a classy unit to lead the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106162 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Now this is quite the eclectic collection of passenger cars! This is a special chartered passenger train, organized by High Iron Travels. The train is headed toward the AAPRCO (the American Association of Private Rail Car Owners) convention in Spokane, WA. The train will take about a week getting there, however, making a few layovers along the way. The train will traverse the Montana Rail Link, crossing Bozeman Pass and Mullan Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106161 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 2168 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels A chartered passenger special, setup by High Iron Travels, heads north on BNSF's Front Range Sub past the new Commuter Rail station in Westminster. This station is part of the "B-Line" that, in theory, will eventually reach Boulder and Longmont. For the time being, this is the end of the line. 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 1905 (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 1733 (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 1878 (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. Photo ID: 106021 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mason Street Fort Collins, CO 1756 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels This would have been one heck of a ride! Sitting in this dome car, passengers are able to enjoy views not only off to the side, but ahead of and behind the Front Range Explorer special. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106020 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mason Street Fort Collins, CO 1693 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels A Pullman-built passenger car rolls north in a Great North Railroad-inspired paint scheme. Passengers on the specially-chartered train just got a good view of the campus of the Colorado State University a few minutes prior. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106019 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mason Street Fort Collins, CO 1865 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels In Fort Collins, BNSF's Front Range Sub runs right down the middle of Mason Street. Unit a few years ago, the tracks were right in the middle of the asphalt, allowing trains to change lines across the track! A project to put the trains within a median took place, however, and now the tracks and Mason Street are separated. Here, the Front Range Explorer runs down Mason Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106018 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Berthoud Berthoud, CO 1783 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Six of the seven cars on this passenger special wear a paint scheme that represents the Great Northern Railroad. The one "misfit" is the sixth car, which has a Frisco-inspired paint scheme. The train is rolling north toward the small town of Berthoud. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106017 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Berthoud Berthoud, CO 1734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels After meeting two southbounds at Longs Peak, this special passenger train is now on the move again on the south edge of Berthoud, CO. Notice the three cars headed the same direction as the train to the left...and three are fellow railfans, giving chase to this unique move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106016 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Larimer County, CO 1959 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels 3-way meets are not a particularly common thing on BNSF's Front Range Sub. Largely because the line has no signals and trains operate using track warrants. In this shot, the Front Range Explorer holds on the main at Longs Peak. The Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest just started pulling out of the siding south with a new warrant. A second manifest, the Cheyenne, WT to Denver, CO manifest, is slowly following the first manifest through the siding. In track warrant territories, sidings are typically "uncontrolled", meaning multiple trains can move on them, so long as they move slow enough to stop within 1/2 the distance they can see. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106013 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Highland (1,920ft) Boulder County, CO 1890 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels The Front Range Explorer rolls past a BNSF local sitting in the (short) siding of Highland not too far north of Longmont, The train is slowing because it is approaching the siding of Longs Peak. There, it will hold the main and meet a pair of southbound manifests. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106012 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Longmont Longmont, CO 1791 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) High Iron Travels Just south of Vermillion Road on the north edge of Longmont, a special passenger excursion rolls north in front of Longs Peak. The train largely consists of passenger cars painted to resemble the scheme used by the Great Northern Railroad. 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