One of the 25th anniversary units leads a Southbound unit coal train down the Joint Line on a Saturday afternoon. Definitely one of the cleanest units I’ve ever seen on a coal train!

BNSF 9107 leads a southbound coal load at Castle Rock, CO, on Sept 1, 2020.

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

A Burlington Northern empty hopper train is northbound on the Joint Line at Castle Rock, CO.

Bound for Fort Carson, SSHFC with Kansas City Southern #4894 on the point is rolling through busy Castle Rock, CO on a busy weekday evening in ideal sunset light. Military hardware abound this was... (more)

A rebuilt 70MAC leads loaded coal buckets Out of Castle Rock. A MACe leading on the Joint Line is a fairly rare sight, so this was a nice treat to chase.

A fairly rare sight on the Colorado Joint Line has an SD70MACe rebuild leading black diamonds south into Castle Rock.

An empty coal train led by BNSF 6022 (ES44AC) heads northbound

A southbound coal load has a northern visitor far from home rails, but not so far from home weather, as they crest the Palmer Divide during a snow squall in aptly named Palmer Lake, Colorado. It w... (more)

A rare leader on the Colorado Joint Line has the UP 1989 leading the Denver North Yard to Pueblo manifest south out of Castle Rock, CO. This was the second UP Heritage Unit to lead this train in a... (more)

A rare leader on the BNSF in 2020 has a former Santa Fe SD75M heading a loaded rail train and a former Burlington Northern SD70MAC north out of Castle Rock, CO.

A southbound XCLX coal load stretches out between Sedalia and Castle Rock passing the former ATSF siding of Orsa. Another neighborhood is taking shape on the right side of the tracks here, and is ... (more)

BNSF 296, a former Santa Fe SD75I and a rare leader for Colorado, leads an Executive 70MAC and a loaded welded rail train north through Castle Rock, CO on the Joint Line.

DRGW heritage, UP 1989 leads a southbound merchandise train at Castle Rock, CO, on Apr 11, 2020.

The Rio Grande Heritage Unit has no problem pulling UP's Denver North Yard to Pueblo manifest train through Castle Rock as it races up the 1.3% grade towards the summit of the Palmer Divide (7,251... (more)