BNSF 9215 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train past the rock formations at Palmer Lake, Colorado.

An empty coal train charges hard up the southern slope of the Palmer Divide as it approaches the 7,225' summit of Palmer Lake.

BNSF ACe 8435 rounds the corner leading to Palmer Lake as it runs south on the Joint Line along the Colorado Front Range.

On the first day of my vacation to Colorado we see southbound manifest (yes there was mixed cars on the back) throttling up as they got held up for the previous southbound at the signal. They are ... (more)

BNSF 6137 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal through the S turns leading to Palmer Lake, Colorado.

A Donnie, TX coal load crest the 7,200' summit of the Palmer Lake as it passes Palmer Lake on a warm summer afternoon.

An empty coal train from the Sunflower Electric Power Plant in Holcomb, KS heads back to the mines of the Powder River Basin as the two SD70ACe pull the 123 car train over the 7,225' summit of Pal... (more)

Some days are better than others… With a few hours to kill before our flight, my wife and I headed south of Denver to the Larkspur/Palmer Lake area in the hopes of seeing some trains. (Well, I... (more)

A Denver-bound Santa Fe manifest skirts Palmer Lake in the Colorado town of the same name. The power consist is unusual, having three four-axle GE’s. Another notable feature is “D&RG 433”, a... (more)

Travelling between Monument and Palmer Lake, a Denver=bound Santa Fe manifest negotiates an S-curve on Colorado’s Joint Line.

A Santa Fe caboose punctuates a string of empty CWR cars leaving Palmer Lake, Colorado. The rock formation in the upper left is Palmer Lake’s Elephant Rock.

The open door policy indicates that the lead GP50 on this Santa Fe freight is giving the crew trouble as the train passes through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

After waiting for a Denver-bound train to clear the Joint Line’s single-track segment, a Santa Fe trainmore)

After a Denver-bound train. has passed, a Santa Fe crewman leaves his roll-by position and returns to tis power, which will... (more)

A Santa Fe manifest waits for clearance to enter the Joint Line’s single track as an opposing train headed by a Missouri Pacific SD40-2 arrives from the south. Although the Joint Line still sees... (more)