BNSF 8465 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train past a frozen Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9327 leads southbound coal load C-EBMHAF below the Palmer Lake holiday star, seen here on Dec 30, 2022. The image is a composite of the train and the background scene and sky, necessitated s... (more)

Larkspur Winter Morning Heavy snow left overnight is covering everything in a foot of flock. Southbound traffic was regular and worth the effort.

JB Hunt at Palmer Lake Dedicated JB Hunt Z hustles south downgrade at Palmer Divide.

Southbound coal train passing through Palmer Lake, elevation 7,300 feet.

Snowy Wonderful Palmer Lake Heavy snow covered the Palmer Divide on December 28th and on the morning of December 29th a diligent adventure to the fabled Joint Line’s Palmer Lake yiel... (more)

Climbing the Palmer Divide Heavy snow covered the Palmer Divide on December 28th and on the morning of December 29th. The flock was so heavy the branches of fir and pine trees sagged a... (more)

BNSF 6566 (ES44C4) leads a train full of JB Hunt container cars as it runs through a wintery Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8465 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through a frozen Palmer Lake. The previous night's snowfall has flocked the trees and dusted the frozen lake, making for a wintery wonderland.

A loaded grain train crest the 7,200' summit of the Palmer Divide on a a coal winter evening. With two GE motors in the lead, and four more on the rear, they'll try to control this 14,284 ton trai... (more)

ATSF 3712 leads a nine car train, ATSF 5, at Palmer Lake Colorado in 1929. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF ACe 9215 leads a loaded coal train south on the Joint Line through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 785 pulls a heavy manifest train north along Colorado's Joint Line as it is about to top over the 7200' summit of Palmer Lake during a fall sunset.

A Slaton, TX to Denver, CO manifest is led by three GE motors as they top over a snow covered Palmer Lake.

Fresh snow covers blankets the town of Palmer Lake as a southbound BNSF loaded coal train begins its descend down the southern slope of the Palmer Divide along Colorado's Joint Line.