BNSF 6307 (ES44AC) runs a coal train through Fountain, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8593 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Fountain, Colorado.

BNSF 8593 leads a coal train north on the Joint Line towards Fountain, Colorado.

BNSF 6307 (ES44AC) shoves an empty coal north on the Joint Line through Fountain, Colorado.

The moon sits above the nose of BNSF 8593 (SD70ACe) as it runs north on the Joint Line towards Fountain, Colorado.

A pair of SD70ACe's lead an empty coal train north on the Joint Line over a river in Fountain, Colorado.

At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.

A couple ACe's lead a coal train into Track Warrant territory at Crews, south of Colorado Springs.

An over-under shot with a UP coal train lead by 2543 (ES44ACH) and a BNSF Freight heading south on the Joint Line.

With the snowy top of Pikes Peak as a backdrop, UP 2543 (ES44ACH) has finished unloading a long set of coal cars at the local power plant and gets ready to return to Denver.

UP 2543 (ES44AC-H) has just delivered a load of coal to the powerplant south of Colorado Springs and is ready to hit the Joint Line for another run.

UP 7354 (ES44AC) leads a triple header hauling some scrap metal gondolas through Fountain, Colorado.

A fresh layer of snow from the previous day has blanketed the Colorado Front Range, making the orange paint of BNSF 5838 (AC4400CW) stand out as it leads a loaded coal through Fountain, Colorado.

At Crews, a colorful southbound BNSF manifest exits the CTC-controlled BNSF Pikes Peak Sub and enters the TWC UP Colorado Springs Sub.

A change from the normal bright orange typically seen on coal trains leads this southbound through Fountain. A sleek Citirail leaser unit looks great as it pulls this coal load on Main 1 and pass... (more)