This southbound train, being led by three C44-9CWs in Heritage-II paint, is about to leave I-25 behind and move through the town of Larkspur on the way to Palmer Lake.
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A southbound unit grain train runs parallel to I-25 as it passes through Castle Rock on the Joint Line.
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Although this train could easily be mistaken for a southbound heading toward the camera, these "pumkins" are actually the helpers on the end of a northbound coal empty approaching Greenland.
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This BNSF southbound coal load is wrapping around the south side of Palmer Lake. Prior to the advent of DPU, the train would soon be stopping to cutoff its manned helper from the end of the train.
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A few miles north of Palmer Lake, the Santa Fe mainline once crossed over the Rio Grande mainline prior to the existance of the Joint Line. Here, this southbound coal load is descending from the level of the old Santa Fe main to the level of the old Rio Grande main.
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Running through the major development that Lower Downtown Denver (known as LoDo) is undergoing, this southbound BNSF manifest is starting the 119 mile journey on the Joint Line to Pueblo.
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A northbound coal empty led by two Union Pacific GE AC's wraps around the south side of Palmer Lake. This train will soon leave the single track behind and proceed north on main two to North Yard in Denver.
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An SD40-2 and an Oakway SD60 cut away from the tail end of a southbound coal load. A single SD70MAC will remain on the end, controlled through DPU, on the remainer of the trip south. The other two units will proceed north on main two to Denver.
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A southbound BNSF coal load led by two "creme and green" SD70MACs is entering the single track CTC between Palmer Lake and Crews.
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The south local makes its way along I-25 near Kalamath street. The local has two GP30's, DRGW 3006 and 3003 for power.
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One of only 40 Espee B40-8's was on the point of the MPUDV on this day in the summer of 1997. After some switching in the Springs, the train prepairs to head north to North Yard.
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An ATSF C40-8W (in full warbonnet red and silver) sits in the siding at Monument on the Joint Line to wait for a meet.
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Up until their retirement in 1999, Union Pacific would often used GP30's 3006 and 3003 as the power on the South Local and Rocky Local. Here, the South Local approaches Kalamath street in Denver headed south on the Joint Line.
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Prior to much of the rebuilding of "LoDo" (Lower Downtown" in Denver, two BN C30-7's head north after helping a coal train south to Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.
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