AT&SF train, engine number 135 + additional diesel unit, engine type EMD FT
Freight, southbound; 52 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: south of Littleton, Colo., July 15, 1951.
Saw this guys in South Platte Park. I know these images are not good (in the first sun was behind the clouds and the opposite direction I was facing, in the second I was trying to get closer to get a better photo and it flew away). I know it looks like it could be the light making it look like a Black Vulture but when I saw it with my eyes it had a black head. I didn't realize how rare that was until I looked up "Black Vulture". I'm now glad I saw it but saddened by how the pictures turned out.
Taken at South Platte Park.
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AT&SF locomotive, engine number 1150, engine type 2-6-2 and engine number 3720, engine type 4-8-2
Troop train; 14 cars, 50 MPH. Photographed: southbound from Littleton, Colo., August 30, 1952.
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DMIR train, engine number 225, engine type 2-8-8-4
Freight, eastbound; 67 cars, leased to Denver & Rio Grande Western. Photographed: near Littleton, Colorado., December 13, 1942.
"Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance. Each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon." ~
We understand that for many, the holiday season may present a particular type of grief. An empty chair at the table, the lack of laughter, the echoes of ooos and ahhs, the brightness in eyes that we cling to so dearly. The moments that we didn't know we would miss as much as we do now. The parts of people that we wish we had paid more attention to.
The Columbine families have now had more holidays without their loved ones, then they ever had with them. Hanukkah's, Christmas', Birthday's, Thanksgiving's, the days that are supposed to bring us together. And how can we ever truly feel together-ness, when we may never again feel whole without them.
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Get to know the two locations of Lariat Lodge Brewing Company from guest writer Janice Sakata-Schultze, also known as The Sansei Traveler.
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