BNSF ES44AC #5932 leading train C-BTMAMH0-45 at Greenland, CO 9/21/18.

BNSF 6426 (ES44AC) shoves a loaded coal through Greenland, Colorado in the dawn's early light.

BNSF 9000 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal through Greenland, Colorado and past the iconic red barn.

A pair of ACes lead a southbound coal load passed an abandoned GMC flatbed truck along the Colorado Joint Line.

A pair of ACes lead a southbound coal load as they pass the photogenic Greenland Ranch barn on a hot July day. Of note is the old loading pen and chute from the steam/early diesel era for loading... (more)

BNSF 8430 (SD70ACe) leads a coal past a 1950 GMC farm truck in Greenland, Colorado.

BNSF 8171 (ES44C4) crosses a bridge in Greenland, Colorado that still sports the iconic Rio Grande lettering.

The sun has just broken the horizon and BNSF 6426 (ES44AC) and a mate shove hard on a loaded coal climbing the Joint Line grade from Greenland to Palmer Lake, Colorado.

Union Pacific 7982 (C45ACCTE) races down the slot from Palmer Lake to Greenland, Colorado. Above the cab is Pike's Peak, one of Colorado's 54 14,000-foot-plus peaks.

With the morning sun rising over the eastern parries, a pair of BNSF GEs motors descend down the Palmer Divide on empty grain shuttle as they traverse the last 45 miles of the trip into Denver. In... (more)

BNSF 6091 (ES44AC) pulls a long coal train up the grade between Greenland and Lake Palmer, Colorado.

On February 25, 1999, a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train rumbles past a stately barn located at Greenland on a more rural portion of Colorado’s Joint Line. Because of its proxi... (more)

Blowing snow and freezing temperatures don't slow down BNSF 8776 (SD70ACe) as it shoves a loaded coal train past a farm in Greenland, Colorado.

A long coal train makes the slow journey through the grasslands between Greenland and Palmer Lake, Colorado, The elevation change in this stretch is 571 feet, sometimes requiring helper engines to... (more)

BNSF 8460 (SD70ACe) climbs over a stone archway on its way to Palmer Lake, Colorado.