BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) pass some cows as it leads a loaded coal train towards Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF ACe 9119 leads a loaded coal train around Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.

A Burlington Northern coal empty approaches the top of the grade at Palmer Lake on Colorado’s Joint Line on the afternoon of July 8, 1985. Four GE C30-7s lead a lone EMD SD40-2 as power for the ... (more)

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train around the lake in Palmer Lake, Colorado. The lake was built to service steam locomotives making the long run from Denver to Colorado Springs.

BNSF 6018 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado on the joint line heading south.

BNSF 9280 (SD70ACe) runs through an early spring snowstorm as it takes a Ferromex unit and a loaded coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 9060 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8403 (SD70ACe) heads towards Palmer Lake, Colorado with a loaded coal train on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9060 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through the S curves at Palmer Lake, Colorado

BNSF 8002 (ES44C4) leads a Z train through Palmer Lake, where the locals are ice fishing in the background.

BNSF 8002 (ES44C4) leads the Z train south on the Joint Line through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

UP 7511 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal southbound on the Joint Line towards Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 9056 (SD70ACe) muscles a loaded coal train through the curves at Palmer Lake, Colorado. From here the train will drop in elevation as it runs through Monument and then Colorado Springs.

BNSF 6018 (ES44AC) leads a coal train towards Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.