From a high vantage point above Palmer Lake, Colorado on a sunny day, A BNSF coal train winds its way around the lake and stretches towards Monument.

A freshly painted UP 6900, sporting UP's new paint scheme, leads a loaded rail train up the Palmer Divide towards the summit at Palmer Lake.

UP's empty Cochise, AZ coal train heads back towards Wyoming's North Antelope Mine as a fast moving afternoon thunderstorm approaches Palmer Lake.

Kansas City Southern #4541 (AC4400CW) leads the Q train through Palmer Lake and past a family working on catching some fish for lunch.

17,700 tons of Powder Basin coal is putting strain on the drawbars of this Halsted, TX coal train as it crest the 7,200 ft summit at Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line.

Light snow at Palmer Lake and freezing temperatures escort BNSF 9319 (SD70ACe) out of Palmer Lake, Colorado leading a loaded coal on the Joint Line.

BNSF ACe 9313 leads a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado during heavy snowfall.

The alternator on BNSF ACe 9375 had failed at the worst possible time on a loaded coal train, stranding the train in a snowstorm, halfway through Palmer Lake, Colorado. The call for a helper unit... (more)

Heavy Snow falls in Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line as BNSF 9313 (SD70ACe) gets ready to move once a helper unit is added to the back of the train.

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)