As close to pure BN as you can get in 2020! Two former BN Cascade 40s lead the southbound Pikes Peak Local on the Colorado Joint Line. Having a BN rack first out was just the icing on the cake!
UP 1995 leads the Denver North Yard to Pueblo train out of Littleton, CO, as a hawk soars overhead.
Santa Fe's daily Barstow to Denver train was descending the Palmer grade into Littleton on the Joint Line led by a trio of Santa Fe rebuild SF30C's
DRGW 5370 leads a northbound train at Littleton, CO, near where C470 is today. Aug 22, 1982.
DRGW 3096 leads a 2 unit helper set northbound at Littleton, CO, virtually on the spot that would later become C470. Aug 22, 1982.
A southbound merchandise train is led by 3 SD40T-2s, a GP7 and a GP9 south of Littleton near Acequia, CO, on the Colorado Joint Line. Apr 27, 1977.
DRGW 5371 leads a southbound train at Littleton, CO, on Sept 30, 1976. This is almost exactly where C470 would be built under Santa Fe in future years.
DRGW 5943 on leads northbound train #166 at Littleton, CO, Apr 15, 1975. This is the area that was lowered to allow a bridge across the tracks, and is looking close to where the Littleton depot i... (more)
DRGW 5922 leads a short local at Littleton, CO, Apr 15, 1975. Note the 40 foot NP boxcar.
A loaded coal train leaves behind CTC signaling as it ducks under the signal bridges at South Littleton on the #1 track. The signal for the # 2 track is for a stack train that will cross over once... (more)
Pushing to Palmer Lake Two Santa Fe SD40-2’s are pushing a Burlington Northern coal train toward the Palmer Divide at Littleton, Colorado.
Ohio Pile Driver A Santa Fe B&B crew works on shoring up a small trestle at Littleton, Colorado.
A Santa Fe GP20 trundles past the depot at Littleton, Colorado. A nicely restored version of the depot exists today, in the middle of an urban sprawl.
A cascade Dash 2 and a 45-2 carbody lead the Pikes Peak Local south out of Littleton with the Front Range of the Rockies looming behind.
It was always a treat to get clean warbonnets on the point! A Denver to Pueblo mixed freight starts out on the long grind up to Palmer Lake.