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Western Railroad Discussion > The Joint Line - My First ShotsDate: 01/28/15 20:09 The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: FrontRangeTrains So I've lived in Colorado my whole life (it'll be 22 years next month) and I've only been to the Joint Line once, and that was maybe twelve years ago. And the fact I like an hour and a half or so away, I have shot anything from this line. Amazing isn't it? Anyways, it was overall a good day with several trains and a nice break from just railfanning north and west of Denver. :]
==================================================================================================================== 1) Just south of Castle Rock near the location of Tomah, a loaded coal train works up the grade. 2) At Palmer Lake, the first of four southbounds climbs towards the Palmer Divide with another load of low sulfur Wyoming coal. 3) After meeting the coal load at Monument, a relatively new SD70ACe leads this coal empty passed the well... it was once a lake but looks like it may return in the future. Some more... John Crisanti Longmont, CO Date: 01/28/15 20:12 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: FrontRangeTrains 4) A Canadian Pacific "Dual-Flag" AC4400CW brings up the rear of the same coal empty as they pass over the switch and enter Main 2.
5) Three BNSF GEs lead a southbound manifest at Palmer Lake. 6) Following right behind the first manifest, this southbound manifest climbs out of the sag at Spruce just north of Palmer Lake. Some more... John Crisanti Longmont, CO Date: 01/28/15 20:16 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: FrontRangeTrains 7) A coal load and the last of the four southbounds starts up out of Spruce after receiving a clear signal at Palmer Lake to top the divide and enter the single track.
8) Three BNSF C44-9Ws and a SD70MAC lead the Laurel, MT to Pueblo, CO manifest at Larkspur while passing over the famous bridge that displays a name of the past. 9) The same manifest continues to climb the grade at Greenland. One more... John Crisanti Longmont, CO Date: 01/28/15 20:18 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: FrontRangeTrains 10) As the sun continues to lower in the west, the Laurel - Pueblo manifest enters the sag at Spruce and continues up the grade to Palmer Lake. And with this, I ended my day and headed home.
Thanks for looking! John Crisanti Longmont, CO Date: 01/28/15 20:35 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: jkinzel Great photos. Thanks for sharing.
Date: 01/28/15 20:37 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: ColoradoRailfan Nice series, John. Congrats on finally making it down to the Joint Line! :)
Kevin Morgan Arvada, CO ColoradoRailfan.com Date: 01/28/15 20:37 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: Cajon92 Great series, John. Shots 7, 8, and, 10 are outstanding.
~Ryan Date: 01/28/15 20:42 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: KskidinTx I especially like # 7 & 8. Pic 7 shows the entire train. One hardly ever sees that on a long train. There all great!
Mark Cole Temple, Tx Date: 01/28/15 20:57 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: SD45X Excellent day out!!
Date: 01/28/15 21:11 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: dendavis You certainly add the professional's touch, beautiful framing of your shots.
Date: 01/28/15 22:03 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: wesleygreer Awesome series, can't say I've ever seen that shot in #2 & 4 done before. Sweet!
Date: 01/28/15 22:14 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: 3rdswitch Excellent bunch, welcome to the neighborhood. Love number ten.
JB Date: 01/28/15 22:18 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: mojaveflyer Date: 01/29/15 00:16 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: Top_Dog What a nice series. This could provide inspiration for a future railfan video production featuring the Joint Line.
Date: 01/29/15 02:11 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: mtgteam2 I agree with JB, I really like # 10. Frank
Date: 01/29/15 03:43 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: bobwilcox Date: 01/29/15 06:01 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: oklachaser Really great series of photos.
Ronda Thomas Date: 01/29/15 06:06 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: FrontRangeTrains Thanks everyone for the comments! Greatly appreciated :] I'm definitely gonna make it down there a lot more often now. Plenty of opportunities.
John Crisanti Longmont, CO Date: 01/29/15 06:12 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: SP8595 Good to see you made it down to the neighborhood:} Nice shots John, I especially like #10 and the CP shot.
Date: 01/29/15 07:17 Re: The Joint Line - My First Shots Author: highgreengraphics Very nice views John. Great job for your first time. My first time was in 1974 and the photos were, well, uh... === === = === JLH
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