Western Railroad Discussion > Flood Aftermath Boulder and Longmont, CO

First up Boulder. This is the area around the South Siding Switch. BNSF's Front Range Sub crosses the Boulder Creek here. It is still cresting its banks and has taken (and trying to take) out track.

SSS Lots of water working its way through the ballast.

SSS facing West. To the right is a flooded parking lot.

Mother nature trying to make a new bridge.

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Boulder Creek still close to the top.

Boulder creek followed the tracks and found its weakest spot. The result was a washout.

New culvert.

You might be curious why no one is working on this. BNSF shipped all its assets to the Brush sub to get it online first. Its handles a larger volume of traffic. The C&S will have to wait.

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Pretty minor damage in this location compared to some of the other locations destroyed in this disaster...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/16/13 18:26 by jc76.

MP 41 Just outside of Longmont.

MP 40.5 Downtown Longmont

Lyons branch on the left. C&S mainline to the right.

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Belen,NM sent a block of Colorado cars to be held at Albuquerque till things iron out.

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Looking the other way from the last photo. Shot taken from the depot in Longmont. Lyons Branch to the right.

Lots of helicopters rescuing people. This one had someone special. Don't know who, but lots of police around. By the Longmont Depot.

Another from MP 40.5.

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Ugly....

It most definitely is ugly. This is most the damage between Boulder and Longmont. I think I only missed one spot. Its just a lot of repairs to be made.

Wonder where the Denver cars are destined too. Maybe the Front Range. The gateway from the South and East are all that work. Most the industries in Denver proper haven't been effected much.

Good update Pin, thanks!

Here is Loveland, almost ready to let trains get down to fix the washout at Longs Peak

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NH2006 Wrote:
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> Good update Pin, thanks!
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> Here is Loveland, almost ready to let trains get
> down to fix the washout at Longs Peak

Holy Crap! They moved fast on that. My plan was to check that out tomorrow. Gotta take advantage while the Hillrose Bridge is out.

Pinlifter Wrote:
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> Lots of helicopters rescuing people. This one had
> someone special. Don't know who, but lots of
> police around. By the Longmont Depot.
>
> Another from MP 40.5.


I believe our Gov Hickenlooper was touring the area yesterday, saw all the press and what I guessed were his vehicles at the Longmont Justice Center.

Joel



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/13 08:35 by tmotor2.

WOOOOW!!!! Interesting stuff!!!! Thanks for sharing. A lot more work indeed.....!!!

NH2006 Wrote:
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> Good update Pin, thanks!
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> Here is Loveland, almost ready to let trains get
> down to fix the washout at Longs Peak

The Berthoud bridge will have to be replaced. They are already unloading steel for it. You can't get near the Loveland work. Its now staffed with Police!

That probably was the gov then.