To make the 2000-foot climb in elevation from Denver to Palmer Lake, Colorado made the Joint Line a helper district for heavy trains. Seen here is the rear of a Railroad:Burlington Northern Railroad Locomotive:EMD SD40-2 Location:Palmer Lake, Colorado, USA Locomotive #:BN 7280 Train ID:Unknown Photo Date: March 24, 1983
A typical Burlington Northern coal train on Colorado’s Joint line in the 1980’s was powered by a mix of five 3000-horsepower six-axle units from GE and EMD. This train at Palmer Lake is no exc... (more)
Burlington Northern’s Powder River coal trains usually had a mix of five 3,000-horsepower six-axle units. Here a Southern Pacific tunnel motor has worked its way into the normal solid green lin... (more)