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Burlington Northern Loaded Coal Train 281TT002 OWY 9022 OWY 9010 BN 5512 BN 7937 Larkspur Colorado
Two spotless Oakway / EMDX SD60’s on one of their first “in service” runs, lead two BN units on train 281TT002 at Milepost 649.9 near Larkspur, Colorado on November 16, 1986. Operating on the shared Rio Grande-Santa Fe Joint Line, (where BN has trackage rights) at a location approximately halfway between Denver and Colorado Springs, Larkspur is ten miles from the top of the fifty-two mile uphill climb to the Palmer Divide, located at Palmer Lake, CO.
Leading the slow but steady moving loaded coal train are OWY 9022 and 9010, (built in October & November, 1986) followed by Burlington Northern C30-7 5512 (built in April, 1977) and SD40-2 7937, (built in July, 1978). Larkspur, at 6726’ in elevation is located in the foothills of Southern Douglas County with a population of just 234 (2000 census) and has had a continuously operating Post Office since the Denver & Rio Grande built it's line through here in 1871.
Burlington Northern Loaded Coal Train 281TT002 OWY 9022 OWY 9010 BN 5512 BN 7937 Larkspur Colorado
Two spotless Oakway / EMDX SD60’s on one of their first “in service” runs, lead two BN units on train 281TT002 at Milepost 649.9 near Larkspur, Colorado on November 16, 1986. Operating on the shared Rio Grande-Santa Fe Joint Line, (where BN has trackage rights) at a location approximately halfway between Denver and Colorado Springs, Larkspur is ten miles from the top of the fifty-two mile uphill climb to the Palmer Divide, located at Palmer Lake, CO.
Leading the slow but steady moving loaded coal train are OWY 9022 and 9010, (built in October & November, 1986) followed by Burlington Northern C30-7 5512 (built in April, 1977) and SD40-2 7937, (built in July, 1978). Larkspur, at 6726’ in elevation is located in the foothills of Southern Douglas County with a population of just 234 (2000 census) and has had a continuously operating Post Office since the Denver & Rio Grande built it's line through here in 1871.