Snow and freezing fog envelope the foothills next to Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line as BNSF 6363 (ES44AC) covers DPU duty on a loaded coal train.
A pair of EMD SD70ACe pour heavy exhaust as they get back up to speed after holding at the "The Sag" for a northbound train.
A Caballo Mine to Holcomb, KS coal train holds at the approach signal to Palmer Lake, known as The Sag, as a northbound empty clears the single track section and heads back to the mines of the PRB... (more)
Snow and sub-freezing temperatures greet BNSF 9319 (SD70ACe) as it runs a loaded coal train through Palmer, Lake, Colorado.
ATSF 2-10-2 3824 leads 67 cars at Palmer Lake Colorado on August 31st 1952. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
The last rays of sunlight reflect off of the nose of a BNSF 9725, a rebuilt SD70MAC, as it pulls an empty Comanche (XCEL Energy Colorado) coal train back towards the mines in Wyoming's Powder Rive... (more)
A coal load for Donnie, TX inches closer to the summit of the Palmer Divide on Colorado's Joint Line. Crawling at around 10 MPH, this 17,000 ton train loses a mile per hour, or two, due to a pesky... (more)
UP 4404 leads a Office Car Special heading southbound out of Palmer Lake through the twists and curves towards Monument, CO.
ATSF 185 leads a nice set of EMD FT motors, with freight in tow near Palmer Lake Colorado. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
BNSF ACe 8429 makes the corner at Palmer Lake, Colorado with a loaded coal train.
This set has just helped a southbound coal train and is going to tack the caboose onto the rear before heading north for another shove.
BNSF 5640 (AC4400CW) shoves an empty coal train north on the Joint Line past some cows.
BNSF ACe 8429 leads a loaded coal south on the Joint Line towards Palmer Lake, Colorado
BNSF 7977 (ES44C4) leads a uniform looking JB HUNT stack train towards Palmer Lake while on the southbound Joint Line.
BNSF 6123 (ES44AC) shoves a loaded coal past the rock outcrop at Palmer Lake, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
