A railfan stops to get a picture of KCS 4738 (ES44AC) leading a coal train over the Rio Grande bridge in Monument, Colorado.

BNSF 5899 (ES44AC) leads an Executive MAC and freight train south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.

BNSF 7846 (ES44DC) leads a freight south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.

UP 8112 (ES44AH) leads a freight south on a snowy Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.

UP 8112 (ES44AH) runs over the Rio Grande bridge in Monument, Colorado.

UP 8112 (ES44AH) leads a train of gondolas south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.

BNSF 5235 (Dash9) leads an intermodal train south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.

BNSF 9213 (SD70ACe) muscles an empty coal train through Monument, Colorado as it runs north on the Joint Line.

BNSF 7846 (ES44DC) leads a freight over the Rio Grande bridge in Monument, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.

On a beautiful summer morning, a pair of brand-new BNSF locomotives lead a southbound loaded coal train through Monument, CO on July 12th, 2024.

A pair of new ES44ACH locomotives lead a North Antelope Mine, WY to Springerville, AZ coal train down the 1.5% grade of Palmer Divide as it passes through Monument, CO.

BNSF 5102 (Dash9) crosses over one of the original Rio Grande bridges in Monument, Colorado.

Colorado is a fascinating place, with juxtapositions of old and new and wilderness and civilization everywhere. Here, a pair of GEVOs lead a "classic" manifest across a bridge still l... (more)

BNSF 6407 (ES44C4) muscles a loaded coal train through Monument, Colorado.

BNSF 6014 (ES44AC) runs south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado and towards a patch of recently repaired rail.