The crew of this northbound manifest was running low on hours and with no dogcatcher crew available, the race was on to get to Denver. Here they are powering a visiting Catfish down the grade lea... (more)

Probably the most popular railfan spot along the entire Joint Line is located just above the cab of BNSF 9276. That little earthen hump allows shots of northbounds climbing up the Palmer Divide a... (more)

Looking far different than the typical BNSF and UP widecabs that frequent the Joint Line, the head-end power of Loram's RG301 pulls to a stop just north of the siding switch at Monument.

Grindin' and sprayin': the Loarm rail grinder does a second pass on the curve leading to the north siding switch at Monument.

A Loram rail grinder grinds its way south through Monument.

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)

"So we're gonna be here awhile..." Not really a question but more of a statement from the crew of BNSF 717 to the dispatcher. They had about two more hours to wait here at The Sag before ... (more)

A southbound manifest starts down the Palmer Divide and leaves Palmer Lake behind. I don't know what's worse, the fact that Dash 9s are up front or that the paint on these 10-plus year old units ... (more)

The hostler just needed to add an H1 GE locomotive to this consist to have the complete BNSF widecab GE set. Maybe next time. A northbound manifest starts downhill leaving Palmer Lake.

AC SD70-led coal empties split the serene setting at the north end of the Greenland Open Space as they start their journey downhill toward Denver.

Two elephant-style MACs start down the northside of the Palmer Divide as they accelerate out of Palmer Lake, CO on a beautiful spring morning.

Northbound coal empties start to pick up speed as they descend down the backside of the Palmer Divide and into the Greenland Open Space.

An autorack train on the Joint Line?!? Well, not quite. We're just seeing the first part of a monster Amarillo, TX - Denver, CO priority mainfest. This train clocked in with 111 cars trailing o... (more)

After traveling all the way from Larkspur, through the Greenland Open Space and past The Sag under a blanket of cloud cover, BNSF 9322 crests the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake and pops into a fortu... (more)