Western Railroad Discussion > CREX 1422 FRS coal empty

This afternoon, BNSF ran an E CRDETM 038 (St. Johns, AZ to E. Thunder Mine, Reno, WY) coal empty northbound on Colorado's northern Front Range led by CREX 1422. My wife and daughter loaded up in my vehicle and we had lunch and did some shopping first on this mostly-overcast Sunday, we made a day of it, following the train home.

Photo 1 - The train sneaked up on us at Broomfield, CO, here it is a mile west departing west Broomfield passing the approach sign.

Photo 2 - Motoring along in the snow south of Louisville, CO.

Photo 3 - Passing the Valmont Power Plant at Valmont, just east of Boulder, CO.

There's mooore...



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Photo 4 - Whistling past houses on Atwood St. in Longmont, CO.

Photo 5 - Twisting past the former beet dump and country elevator at Marion, CO, now 57th St. south of Loveland, CO with the Great Western Sugar silos visible in the distance on the right.

Photo 6 - Cruising up Mason St. in Fort Collins, CO past the old C&S depot now in use as a transportation center serving mainly buses.

Happy CREXfanning! === === = === JLH



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That would be so cool to Live there along the tracks in Longmont,,having trains in your front yard!

Talk about a convoluted routing for this train! From St. Johns, Az. near Holbrook Az. on the transcon, East thru Belen to Amarillo, then North on the former FWD/C&S thru Trinidad and Pueblo, then Denver and on up to the Powder River Basin to reload. Sheesh!

TIOGA PASS

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/15 22:16 by aronco.

Great bunch. In the good old days it would have come over Raton.
JB

Great shots.

Ronda Thomas

Nice series Jim, I really like that second shot.

NICE pics!!! My favorite is Pic 4!!

Dang, I heard it too late.