BNSF 8036 kicks up snow as it heads Northbound on Main #2 through light snow showers. In the foreground is a Southbound loaded coal train that is waiting in the 'sag'.

A colorful pair of GE ES44AC locomotives provide a nice push on the rear of this loaded coal train as it conquers the summit at a frozen Palmer Lake. Now these units will begin to apply their dyn... (more)

A southbound Burlington Northern coal train sits at an approach signal to single track at Palmer Lake, Colorado, at a location known as the “Sag” led by EMD SD40-2 No. 7167, and is meeting a north... (more)

Still painted in Northern Pacific colors almost 20 years after the BN merger, caboose 10050 brings up the rear of this Houston bound loaded coal train.

A northbound coal empty illuminates the grade as it climbs into Palmer Lake under the watchful presence of the iconic Star of Palmer Lake which is just wrapping up its 81st year of operation on th... (more)

A pleasant surprise on Christmas morning was this northbound BNSF manifest passing Palmer Lake, CO led by a colorful consist that will get at least THIS crew home for Christmas.

A Citirail leaser has helper duties this day as it seen with a fellow GEVO on the spur track at Palmer Lake. The silver, blue and yellow paint of the 1331 is a nice change from the constant barra... (more)

A coal load bound for Minnequa, CO rolls through the famous curve alongside the towns namesake lake (hidden behind trees).

Southbound Amtrak special hauling new Seimens "Charger" unit to interchange with DOT test track east of Pueblo shown approaching Palmer Lake.

Northbound empty Galveston, TX to Bonneville, WY unit sulpher train passing through first snow of the season at Palmer Lake on the Joint Line

Waiting at an approach signal for single track at Palmer Lake at a location known as the “Sag” near Spruce is a southbound Burlington Northern coal train. Four new Oakway Leasing EMD SD60s, along ... (more)

Southbound BNSF Big Lift empty autos Palmer Lake

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal empty heads north out of a storm at Palmer Lake on Colorado’s Joint Line on August 11, 1998. The train is destined for loading in Powder River Basin and is powe... (more)

BN 5502 passes Palmer Lake on the Joint Line with a coal train as storms form to the north in June of 1989.

DRGW 5407 leads a coal train on the Joint Line near Palmer Lake as a severe thunderstorm hammers Denver in the summer of 1989.