Palmer Lake, Colorado has some of the best scenery in the state for photographing the numerous coal trains that run on a daily basis through town.
BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado. Homeowners on the hill in the background have a bird's eye view of the busy Joint Line that runs through town.
A loaded BNSF coal train running through Greenland, Colorado on the southbound Joint Line passes a Union Pacific military train which is heading north on the Joint Line.
Following eastbound along the Truckee River as it flows downhill to Nevada, a Union Pacific mixed Manifest rolls thru the curves of Glenshire.
On the Roseville subdivision, eastbound ES44AC no. 7478, rounds into Soda Springs with a string of empty hoppers.
A throwback to 2022 at Shelby Junction with this lone wolf loco idling on the main.
BNSF 6200 (ES44AC) runs through Spruce, Colorado, passing a signal and the trusty chase vehicle of the photographer.
M648 exiting the tunnel in Tunnel Hill, Georgia with the Chesapeake & Ohio heritage unit leading.
L31 eastbound crossing the A-TRAIN (DCTA) line ex-MKT.
East bound Intermodal towards Marion, Arkansas curves towards Union station
The day's last light catches UP 7689 (ES44AC) leading a military train through Greenland, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
CSX loaded coal train N319 works its way south through Tunnel Hill about to duck into Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel
P46 hustles west through Cary in the late evening with a train for Durham.
Evening light and storm clouds cover UP 7689 as it leads a military train through Greenland, Colorado.
Dynamic storm clouds and the day's last light provide a dramatic background for BNSF 6200 at Spruce, Colorado.
