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Photo ID: 112760
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, July 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Castle Rock to Larkspur
Douglas County, CO
37
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Subdivision
Railroad
Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF
This is a spot that I have thought about shooting at, but I never got around to it until today! Love the wall of trees that this southbound unit coal train is passing as it cuts into the 1.2% grade. Uncountable thousands of coal trains have passed this way since the Powder River Basin really started mining in the mid-to-late 1980s.
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Photo ID: 112759
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, July 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Castle Rock to Larkspur
Douglas County, CO
35
(Add a Comment)
Subdivision
Railroad
Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF
A southbound coal load parallels I-25 just north of Larkspur. Main 1 sticks pretty close to I-25 from Castle Rock to the I-25 exit for Larkspur. There, the highway continues over the ridge to Greenland, while the tracks cut through Larkspur, keeping the grade to roughly 1.2%.
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