BNSF 9311 (SD70ACe) is a helper engine based in Castle Rock, Colorado, ready to help heavy trains with extra muscle to climb the Palmer Divide further south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9709 (Grinstein SD70MAC) runs light through Berthoud, Colorado.

BNSF Executive #9709 (SD70MAC) runs light on the Front Range Sub through Berthoud, Colorado.

BNSF 5203 (Dash9) leads a manifest train through Berthoud, Colorado on the Front Range Sub.

BNSF 7769 (ES44DC) runs through Berthoud, Colorado as it heads to Longmont on the Front Range Sub.

Executive Grinstein BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) runs south on the Front Range Sub towards its home base in Longmont, Colorado.

BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) runs light southbound on the Front Range Sub through Berthoud, Colorado.

BNSF 9894 (SD70MAC) runs through Berthoud, Colorado as it heads back to Longmont on the Front Range Sub.

BNSF 9658 sporting an Executive Grinstein wagon wheel paint scheme (SD70MAC) heads south on the Front Range Sub towards Longmont, Colorado.

The Longmont Switch prepares to meet a coal train at Longs Peak siding.

BNSF 4547 is the leader of an odd manifest train out of Casper, Wyoming as it heads up the hill outside of Berthoud on its approach into Longmont. This train was originally a Laurel to Denver mani... (more)

Ex-Burlington Northern SD70MAC No. 9646 leads the "Longmont Switch" north as it breaks the silence in the small town of Berthoud, Colorado, passing by an old dump truck and a pair of gra... (more)

Near Longmont

The Longmont Switch flies north along the picturesque high pastures of rural Boulder County. Long’s Peak and the Colorado Front Range cover the horizon from... (more)

MACs in front of the majestic Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Executive MAC BNSF 9646 pulls into the old Berthoud Depot which sits at the base of the iconic grain silo which has become a landmark for the small town.