An empty coal train from the Sunflower Electric Power Plant in Holcomb, KS heads back to the mines of the Powder River Basin as the two SD70ACe pull the 123 car train over the 7,225' summit of Pal... (more)
Some days are better than others… With a few hours to kill before our flight, my wife and I headed south of Denver to the Larkspur/Palmer Lake area in the hopes of seeing some trains. (Well, I... (more)
A Denver-bound Santa Fe manifest skirts Palmer Lake in the Colorado town of the same name. The power consist is unusual, having three four-axle GE’s. Another notable feature is “D&RG 433”, a... (more)
Travelling between Monument and Palmer Lake, a Denver=bound Santa Fe manifest negotiates an S-curve on Colorado’s Joint Line.
A Santa Fe caboose punctuates a string of empty CWR cars leaving Palmer Lake, Colorado. The rock formation in the upper left is Palmer Lake’s Elephant Rock.
The open door policy indicates that the lead GP50 on this Santa Fe freight is giving the crew trouble as the train passes through Palmer Lake, Colorado.
After waiting for a Denver-bound train to clear the Joint Line’s single-track segment, a Santa Fe trainmore)
After a Denver-bound train. has passed, a Santa Fe crewman leaves his roll-by position and returns to tis power, which will... (more)
A Santa Fe manifest waits for clearance to enter the Joint Line’s single track as an opposing train headed by a Missouri Pacific SD40-2 arrives from the south. Although the Joint Line still sees... (more)
BNSF 8403 (SD70ACe) heads towards Palmer Lake as it runs southbound on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8403 (SD70ACe) runs through Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 9060 (SD70ACe) muscles a loaded coal train through the S curve as it leaves Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8403 (SD70ACe) runs south on the Joint Line and makes the horseshoe curve at Palmer Lake.
BNSF 6810 (ES44C4) leads a Canadian National and a long grain train through Palmer Lake, Colorado.
Heavy snow coats Palmer Lake as BNSF 4252 leads an auto rack train through town.
