HLMX unit coal train passes under Interstate 25

Southbound coal loads cross the Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur, CO.

Oakway Leasing 9021 crosses Spruce Mountain Road near Larkspur, CO on the Joint Line in June of 1989. As I recall, I was stranded in Kenosha Pass for a few hours due to 2" of hail from a T-st... (more)

It's August and, yes, that's snow and hail on the ground as a southbound coal train climbs the grade towards Palmer Lake and points south.

Two locomotives lead a southbound coal train across an old Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur, CO on October 13, 2017.

Awaiting a track warrant to continue, a southbound power move pauses on a Santa Fe-era bridge in Larkspur, CO on September 21, 2017.

A pair of workhorse SD40-2 locomotives lead a short local train south across a Santa Fe-era bridge in Larkspur, CO on September 21, 2017.

Three Dash 9 locomotives, the last of which is in the silver and red "warbonnet" scheme, lead a mixed freight train south in Larkspur, CO on September 21, 2017.

Early morning along the northbound main on the Joint Line finds this empty heading towards Denver as it passes Larkspur.

One hundred Oakway Leasing SD60’s were delivered in late 1986, and many were placen in service moving Powder River Basin coal. Here a Burlington Northern train of empty hoppers with two Oakways ... (more)

After shooting an Oakway-led BN coal train on the bridge at Larkspur, Colorado, we scrambled down the ... (more)

Four years after my previous submissions showing BN trains at Larkspur, Colorado, some six-month-old Oakway SD60’s lead a coal train over the same bridge.

Viewed from low ground, a Burlington Northern coal train rolls through Larkspur, Colorado on a sunny April day.

One of the nicest helper sets that I’ve seen on the Joint Line, made up of three BN SD45’s, pushes a BN coal train tow... (more)

With a solid load of coal from the Powder River Basin, a Burlington Northern train crosses the well-known Santa Fe bridge on the Joint Line at Larkspur, Colorado.