Photo ID: 113247 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes bring up the tail end of a train carrying "black diamonds" (coal) on their way from Wyoming to Texas. A thin cloud layer has been hiding direct sunlight most of the morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113246 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The classic view of a southbound as it crosses over West Fox Farm Road, East Plum Creek, and Spruce Mountain Road. The old "Santa Fe" lettering and herald are still barely visible, time definitely taking its toll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113245 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6064 just passed another green intermediate as it gets close to the south end of the "Castle Rock Corridor", where Main 1 parallels I-25 for a little over eight miles south of Castle Rock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113244 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The Frontage Road on the west side of I-25 is currently closed due to construction of the Crystal Valley Parkway bridge, just visible in the distance. A southbound BNSF coal load rolls by the south end of the closure, which has been in place for over a year at this point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113243 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Castle Rock, there is a bridge being built across I-25, the Frontage Roads on both sides of I-25, and Main 1. This is a continuation of the road Crystal Valley Parkway. As you can see in this picture, the bridge itself has been built. But there is still a lot of work to come as interchanges with I-25 are going to be built. The frontage road on the west side of I-25 is closed and has been completely torn up in places, but will eventually be reopened. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2027. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112890 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak Amtrak Cascades AIRO train set crosses over the classic Santa Fe bridge on Main 1, just on the south edge of Larkspur. The bridge crosses over West Fox Farm Road (out of view below the shot), East Plum Creek, and Spruce Mountain Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112889 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak Amtrak's AIRO special crosses over the classic Santa Fe bridge on the south side of Larkspur on Main 1. Being summer, the sun is high and and the lighting is not great, but it is still pretty cool to see Amtrak equipment crossing the bridge. An extremely rare site to see, to be sure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112760 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Douglas County, CO 345 (Add a Comment) 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112759 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Douglas County, CO 322 (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%. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112532 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF As a fairly significant summer thunderstorm rolls east, a CN-led, BNSF grain train crosses East Plum Creek, Spruce Mountain Road, and Fox Farm Road on the old Santa Fe bridge, which still sports a faded Santa Fe label and herald. Shots from the north side of the bridge are hard to get due to lighting, but the overcast skies made it possible on this June 1st. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111452 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 282 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific UP's MNYPU manifest crosses over the classic Santa Fe bridge. The bridge takes the tracks over West Fox Farm Road, East Plum Creek, and Spruce Mountain Road. When Rio Grande and Santa Fe were competing to build lines between Denver and Pueblo, Rio Grande started first and, as a result, got the "more friendly" alignment. Here, Main 1 (the modern southbound main) was the original Santa Fe grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110164 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Larkspur Douglas County, CO 271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just north of Larkspur, BNSF's Slaton, TX to Denver, CO manifest passes underneath I-25 as it heads north on Main 2. Two ES44C4 with a C44-9W in between lead the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110158 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF intermodal train crosses the old Santa Fe bridge on the south edge of Larkspur. The lead units was the fifth ES44DC delivered to BNSF back in 2005. Ultimately, BNSF would take delivery on 721 such units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109922 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This manifest is headed north on Main 2 just south of Larkspur. On this particular part of the Joint Line, Main 2 is (technically) owned by UP. UP also dispatches trains on Main 2, which still uses Track Warrants and ABS (Automatic Block Signals). BNSF has upgraded Main 1, which is now CTC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109914 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 408 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 4992 and BNSF 8247 lead southbound over the classic Santa Fe bridge on the south side of Larkspur. The train is BNSF's Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX Q-train. Notes quite a few loads of lumber from the Pacific Northwest. The second half of the train is TOFC and COFC intermodal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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