BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal towards Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 9017 (SD70ACE) runs through the S curve at Spruce, Colorado.

BNSF ACe 9017 leads a heavy coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.

UP 1980 (GP38N) and other light power sit in the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

A Union Pacific SD70M leads the local south on the Greeley Sub at Peckham, Colorado.

UP 8016 (ES44AC) leads a train through the snow and fog at Tolland, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

KCS 4709 (ES44AC) runs south on the Joint Line as it leaves Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through the Keenesburg Cut as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 8578 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train into the valley at Acequia, Colorado.

BNSF 6206 (ES44AC) runs north on the Joint Line past a herd of cows.

The evening's last sunlight catches BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) at Spruce, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.

Kansas City Southern #4709 runs through the trees of the Black Forest in Larkspur, Colorado.

A Kansas City Southern ES44AC runs past a BNSF helper unit located at Spruce, Colorado. The helper is sometimes needed to get heavy coal trains over the Palmer Divide when icy weather hits the ar... (more)

A colorful Kansas City Southern #4709 (ES44AC) runs up the grade between Greenland and Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.

ATSF 2-10-2 1696 is seen helping EMD E6 number 15 with a ten car Super Chief near Morley Colorado in 1942. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.