A butte called Monkey Face is in full alpen glow above the low freezing fog in The Carpenter Creek valley south of Larkspur, CO. Southbound coal crawls up the steep grade into the absolute first l... (more)
A rebuilt 70MAC leads loaded coal buckets into Larkspur. A MACe leading on the Joint Line is a fairly rare sight, so this was a nice treat to chase.
Storm light fills the valley of East Plumb Creek north of Larkspur, CO just long enough to spotlight a fast moving northbound empty coal.
BNSF 8430 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal through the trees and over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
UP 8897 (SD70AH) leads two other mates and a freight over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
Southbound loaded coal rolls over the Larkspur, Colorado bridge over Carpenter Creek and Spruce Mountain Road on the Joint Line. Stormy skies and superb storm light fill the region. Shot on Mavic ... (more)
A pair of colorful ACe's shove a loaded coal train over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
It was a beautiful, sunny Colorado day to chase the Union Pacific's heritage unit 1989 (Rio Grande) from Denver to Pueblo. Here we see the SD70ACe guide its freight over the Santa Fe Bridge in La... (more)
Nearing the end of climb out of Denver, UP 1989 roars into 1.4% grade of Larkspur with nearly 5,000 tons of train in tow.
A unit military movement rounds the curve southbound out of Larkspur, CO, bound for Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs, on the Colorado Joint Line.
A pair of CSX GEs rounds the curve on the south side of Larkspur, CO with a unit military movement bound for Ft. Carson, near Colorado Springs.
A pair of former BN SD40-2 rounds the curve and heads south out of Larkspur, CO with the remainder of the Pikes Peak local in tow.
UP 1995 leads the Denver North Yard to Pueblo train into Larkspur, CO on the Colorado Joint Line.
BNSF 6182 (ES44AC) and a MAC with a turbo burb muscle a loaded coal over the ridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe empty unit coal train crosses a bridge over Carpenter Creek at Larkspur on May 14, 1999. The train is powered by a trio of EMD SD70MACs, running over a section of no... (more)
