Westbound autos bound for Chicago connections, slows up for the diamond with the Grand Elk at Schoolcraft. This is CN's normal connection to get autos out of the Detroit area and head them for poi... (more)
a northbound BNSF coal empty is about to round Palmer Lake and reach the top of the Palmer Divide then it's downhill the rest of the trip to Denver with Monument in the distance
Just a couple minutes after sunrise a empty coal train rolls down grade into the yard, which is about 1/2 mile to the north of this location just north of the UP main line.