A Loram rail grinder grinds its way south through Monument.

A pair of winged veterans leads a southbound coal train through the S-curves just south of Monument. For whatever reason, UP was doing it BNSF-style with this train: two up front and two on the re... (more)

BNSF 5758 heads south through Monument.

Southbound coal slices through Monument with newer AC power up front.

A pair of faded MAC's on the point of this coal drag headed towards Colorado Springs.

BNSF 6125 leads current generation power just below Monument with a load of coal bound for points south.

As the second significant early season snow storm is spitting its final few flakes along the front range, UP 1988 leads a Denver, CO - Dalhart, TX special just south of Monument. More info at more)

The modern-era BNSF...3 Swoosh'd ES44DCs power a manifest south through Monument. The days of catching SD40-2s, SD60Ms, SD75s, or Oakways leading any type of train anymore just seem like a distan... (more)

After waiting for two northbounds to clear, a pair of elephant ACes descends off the Monument siding with another load of coal.

With MoW out of the way, the first of three southbounds makes its way over SR 105 on a bridge that proclaims this line's original owner.

After a long struggle uphill culminating at the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake, BNSF 9348 enjoys a boost from gravity as it breezes downgrade through the S-curve south of Monument.

A manifest with a dirty H1 Dash 9 breaks up the seemingly steady flow of coal trains as it snakes south through the S-curve just south of Monument.

A Lower Colorado River Project coal train cruises through Monument on its southward to trip down Colorado's Jointline.

Coal loads trying to make up for lost time after being held up by a malfunctioning train near Stadium. BNSF 6033 leads the charge through the S-curve just south of Monument.