About two miles north of Palmer Lake, The southbound HDENKCK-07 decends through the curves into "the sag". Prior to the Joint Line being operated as the Joint Line (before World War I), the Rio Grande main and the Santa Fe main crossed over one another at this location. Now, ownership of the tracks change, but the tracks no longer switch sides.
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BNSF 6816 leads the HDENKCK-07 south across the old Santa Fe bridge just south of Larkspur. With four SD40's (three being Daah 2's) for power, the 64 car train is moving along at about 18 MPH.
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Just north of Larkspur, CO along the I-25 frontage road, the southbound HDENKCK-07 is powered by four SD40/SD40-2's. The tank cars on the front of the train are all filled to the brim with beer which came out of Coors Brewing in Golden, CO.
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The town of Castle Rock is preparing to widen I-25 through the town from four lanes (two each way) to six lanes. It has been rumored that one of the results of the project may be the relcation of the southbound main through a portion of the town. This nice curve (south west of the town itself) may not be there with the completion of the highway project!
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Led by four SD40-series units without a wide cab in sight, this southbound HDENKCK-07 is moving relatively slowly at Titan Road.
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BNSF's Denver to Kansas City manifest (HDENKCK-07) heads south on Main One on the triple track in Englewood. Meanwhile, several people wait for the arrival of their Light Rail train. Sure wish that kids mom cared enough to keep her kid on the platform!
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Not a wide cab unit to be seen! Three SD40-2's (the third a former MoPac unit with no dynamic brakes) sit on the Lodo Siding just south of the 31st Street Yard.
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Got trains? Two northbound coals empties are tied down on Main Two and Main Three. A third coal empty slows to a stop at the intermediate signal at Evans to tied down as well. Meanwhile, a southbound coal load passes by on Main One, and an RTD Light Rail train makes a stop at the Evans Street Station.
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Never a dull moment on the Joint Line, a coal empty moves quickly north on Main Two while a coal load creeps slowly by on Main One, just north of Sedalia.
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Wrapping its way through an S-Curve in between Greenland and Larkspur, this northbound is making good time moving at track speed, 45 MPH. If you look, you can just barely see I-25 in the background.
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Making its way north on the single track mainline, BNSF 9844 is about to pass underneath the bridge leading to the north entrance of the United States Air Force Academy.
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After meeting two coal empties at Colorado Springs (both of which are visible on the right), BNSF 5656 south approaches Bijou on a clear signal.
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Creeping forward on a restrictive signal, BNSF 5645 passes the crossover at Bijou, following another northbound coal empty ahead of it in the siding. The signal on the main looks as though it is "dark" over red, but it is actually flashing yellow over red (Advanced Approach). I caught this picture in mid-flash!
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Cheyenne Mountain stands tall in the background as BNSF 9844 moves slowly through the siding at Colorado Springs.
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The heat distortion of a southbound coal load blurs the headlights of a northbound coal empty.
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