A beautiful snow-capped Longs Peak rises high above in the background as this southbound coal load is about to split the signals at Kalamath Street. The train will crossover at South Denver from Main Two to Main One and continue south toward the Joint Line.
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100 covered hoppers of grain work their way south with three elephant-style C44-9CWs. The second and third units wear the warbonnet paint scheme, the second of which is still an unpatched Santa Fe unit!
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The town of Castle Rock is preparing to widen Interstate 25. To accomodate the wider highway, a new bridge for the northbound main (main two) is currently being constructed. Note the SP logo on the bridge.
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A northbound manifest led by two C44-9CWs, the second of which wears the warbonnet paint scheme.
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After stopping to let the four units on the loaded coal train cool off, the southbound continue from Spruce towards the top of the hill at Palmer Lake, CO.
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A UP coal load is making good time as it passes south through Castle Rock on the Joint Line. I-25 is the highway on the right side of the picture.
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Just south of Sedalia along Highway 85, a BNSF northbound moves slowly through a slow order on main two. The coal empty has an unusual four units up front.
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A unit grain train with two H2 C44-9CW's and a green SD40-2 are about to leave the single track behind and start on main two for the trip back to Denver.
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When Santa Fe and Rio Grande competed to get to Denver from Pueblo (prior to the Joint Line), there were three spots where the two lines crossed each other with a grade separation. Crews is one such spot. The Rio Grande trackage passed underneath the Santa Fe trackage. Here, a BNSF northbound unit grain train is heading toward Denver.
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In the late 1980's, Santa Fe ran a hot intermodal train between Big Lift (south of Denver) and La Juanta. It was called DVLJ (and LJDV). One common source of power were GP39-2's like this one! Nearly 20 years later, this unit is being used as the Colorado Springs switcher.
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The Colorado Springs switcher sits outside the Springs depot. UP 5245 is a special GP40-2. It was the FIRST Rio Grande unit ever repainted. This is formerly DRGW 3122, which was repainted in mid-1997.
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A southbound coal load creeps past this wonderful curve just north of Sedalia on the Joint Line. There are four SD70MAC's on the coal train and it is moving at a slow 14 MPH.
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After doing some switching at the switch facility at Big Lift (just south of Denver), this manifest is throttling up to continue south towards Pueblo on the Joint Line.
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A manifest running from Denver to Pueblo (with three pumpkins on the point) is moving slow at Greenland. The manifest is right on the heals of a heavy, slow-moving coal load. Thus, the manifest is moving at restricted speed. A thunderstorm is brewing in the background.
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BNSF 5698, a GE AC4400CW make a rare appearance on the head-end of a BNSF coal empty. The temperature here at Palmer Lake was around 40 degrees, and your breath could clearly be seen, two days prior to the first day of summer.
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