A southbound manifest works up the grade through Larkspur behind a pair of Dash 9s. I keep hoping this scene will repeat itself but with SD60Ms providing the ponies!

A pair of DPU ACes shoves on the end of a loaded coal train as it slowly makes its way up the grade southbound on Main 1.

A clean BNSF 6345 leads coal empties north through the S-curves heading into Larkspur on a beautiful Colorado evening..

Late in the day, BNSF 1030 leads a manifest north through Larkspur on Main 2. Noteworthy are the 9 M1 Abrams tanks hitching a ride behind the lead power.

Coal empties twist into Larkspur on their way north for Wyoming. A note for number nerds: both engines end in '00'!

Coal empties slink north into Larkspur behind the 3 modern-day paint schemes one will find on BNSF coal trains: The Swoosh, Patched Executive, and Faded Heritage II. Learn more at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Larkspur, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6346
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 21, 2010

To catch a bit of the Rio Grande after it was long ago absorbed into the UP is a rare bonus these days. A BNSF coal empty is seen crossing the former Rio Grande bridge in Larkspur, Colorado

On the way back home from picking up my daughter in Denver I ran across this manifest in Larkspur. A storm had just passed through the area and the late afternoon light was very nice.

Union Pacific has been running a few more trains on the Joint Line these days, and while I'm not the biggest UP fan out there, I do like seeing a nice flag unit every now and then. Here northboun... (more)

Southbound coal slowly makes its way across the old Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur behind a pair of GEVOs. Check out the interesting rat graffiti on the second unit.

The Pikes Peak Local eases northbound into Larkspur on Main 2 with an excellent Heritage I duo. Even if it is just a Local, it's still good to see SD40-2 power up front on a Class I mainline!

The Warren Buffett Express? Perhaps, but I don't think the big man was onboard. I mean, would you want to put your new boss on a train fronted by a Dash 9 in Heritage II paint?!? At least it wa... (more)

Another view of the old post master's cabin with BNSF 6360 passing south into Larkspur.

An EMD SD70ACe leads the charge of this southbound coal train as it grinds around the bend into Larkspur.

I had driven by this location more than a few times and never considered stopping for a photo until one day I saw it covered in snow.