EMDX 767 Larkspur 11 Oct 10
On April 17th, 2020, with the arrival of the Pikes Peak Local back to its home in Denver, the PPL ceased to exist. The decades-long mainstay and railfan-favorite on the Joint Line, which ran south from Denver to Colorado Springs on Mondays and Thursdays and north to Denver on Tuesdays and Fridays and which was the only way to catch standard cab units running the line, would be replaced by a Local that now runs out of Pueblo to Colorado Springs. So, to honor the passing of the subdivision's namesake train, I will be uploading photos of the PPL that haven't previously been shared on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/chris_paulhamus/albums/721576719252...
Here, a matched set of EMDX leasers rip the PPL south into Larkspur, CO. All that haste would be wasted because they had to wait for 5 northbounds to clear off the single-track main south of Palmer Lake.
These blue and white EMDX GP38-2s used to be ubiquitous on the BNSF, but, like the PPL itself, they are just a memory (and/or in new paint on a new railroad)...
EMDX 767 Larkspur 11 Oct 10
On April 17th, 2020, with the arrival of the Pikes Peak Local back to its home in Denver, the PPL ceased to exist. The decades-long mainstay and railfan-favorite on the Joint Line, which ran south from Denver to Colorado Springs on Mondays and Thursdays and north to Denver on Tuesdays and Fridays and which was the only way to catch standard cab units running the line, would be replaced by a Local that now runs out of Pueblo to Colorado Springs. So, to honor the passing of the subdivision's namesake train, I will be uploading photos of the PPL that haven't previously been shared on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/chris_paulhamus/albums/721576719252...
Here, a matched set of EMDX leasers rip the PPL south into Larkspur, CO. All that haste would be wasted because they had to wait for 5 northbounds to clear off the single-track main south of Palmer Lake.
These blue and white EMDX GP38-2s used to be ubiquitous on the BNSF, but, like the PPL itself, they are just a memory (and/or in new paint on a new railroad)...