Back in January 2007, I went to work in Denver, CO. spent 7 months there... I did this because I was on the edge of being furloughed in Richmond, California. I had a excellent time working in Colorado. I met some great people, made friends, and had a glimps of some beautiful scenery.
I worked 4 directions out of Denver. Going east I went to Mc Cook, Nebraska/ Sterling, CO. North I worked to Cheyenne, Wyoming, west I worked to Kremmling, CO through the Moffat Tunnel, and on south I worked to Trinidad/ La Junta, CO on the joint line.
BNSF 5992 Pueblo, CO to Provo, Utah junk train. I put this train together in the yard at Pueblo, did a class one airtest on everything and took off for Denver.
One of my many trips... this was back on July, 12 2007 just leaving Denver, sliding through the Lodo district. This particular coal train I was on originated in Wyoming and was bound for a Texas powerplant.
Heading southbound alongside Santa Fe Ave. Littleton, CO.
Still southbound, only about 45 miles out of Denver passing through Greenland, CO. I thought this was a cool shot with the barn in the backround, and the feel of speeding down the tracks... we were only doing about 15mph, our coal train was 18000 tons... we only had 16000 horsepower for the climb up to Palmer Lake.
Making our way towards Palmer Lake... in the distance a thunderstorm builds, this very storm produced lots of lightning and golf ball size hail.
Passing through the thunderstorm, right after I took this picture we got pounded with hail... the engines started slipping on the rail and almost stalled out as we approached the summit at Palmer Lake.
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