A ballast train pauses in Palmer Lake, CO before continuing in the other direction using the northbound track on October 13, 2017.
A pair of SD70ACe locomotives lead a southbound BNSF coal train across a Rio Grande-era bridge in Monument, CO on October 8, 2017.
A pair of SD70ACe locomotives lead a southbound BNSF coal train through Palmer Lake, CO on October 8, 2017.
A Dash 9 locomotive leads a BNSF manifest freight train south around the curve in Palmer Lake, CO on October 8, 2017.
Three BNSF locomotives, two of which wear the "executive" paint scheme, bring up the rear of a northbound empty coal train in Monument, CO on October 7, 2017.
Awaiting a track warrant to continue, a southbound power move pauses on a Santa Fe-era bridge in Larkspur, CO on September 21, 2017.
A pair of workhorse SD40-2 locomotives lead a short local train south across a Santa Fe-era bridge in Larkspur, CO on September 21, 2017.
Three Dash 9 locomotives, the last of which is in the silver and red "warbonnet" scheme, lead a mixed freight train south in Larkspur, CO on September 21, 2017.
A southbound coal train rolls across a Rio Grande-era overpass in Monument, CO on September 18, 2017.
A southbound coal train crosses County Line Road in Palmer Lake, CO on September 18, 2017.
Norfolk Southern train 165 cruises through High Point, NC on August 15, 2017.
Far from home, a foreign CSX locomotive leads a Union Pacific rail train south through Colorado Springs, CO on August 4, 2017.
A northbound BNSF Railway coal train heads around the curve in Palmer Lake, CO on the morning of August 1, 2017.
With a fresh crew, a southbound oil train cruises through Colorado Springs, CO on July 24, 2017.
A couple of fishers hang out as a southbound oil train passes Palmer Lake, CO on July 24, 2017.