Freezing fog and blowing snow during the blue hour made for slow going for BNSF 8205 (ES44C4) as it entered the town of Palmer Lake, Colorado.

After sunrise at Palmer Lake the dense fog clouds came and went over the town. Here we see BNSF 5790 (ES44AC) muscling a loaded coal train toward the Lake, just skirting the fog bank rolling off ... (more)

With the light snow and freezing fog, multiple S curve and a heavy consist, BNSF 8205 (ES44C4) could only manage to eek out a few miles per hour between Monument and Palmer Lake, Colorado. Once th... (more)

With dawn 45 minutes away, light snow and freezing fog, BNSF 8205 (ES44C4) struggles to pull a heavy freight through the S curves south of Palmer Lake.

The Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage #1989 spent a couple weeks working along the Colorado Front Range. Here we see it leading a southbound freight through the scenic area around Palmer Lake. ... (more)

BNSF 7008 (ES44C4) muscles a loaded coal train past some rock formations at Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 7147 (ES44C4) leads a blade train through 'The Sag' just north of Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 7042 (ES44C4) leads a freight through 'The Sag' which is north of Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.

UP 7948 (ES44AC) leads a windmill parts train in the Blue Hour towards Palmer Lake, Colorado. With temperatures in the teens and snow the day before, dense fog blanketed the towns of Palmer Lake,... (more)

BNSF 7042 (ES44C4) leads a Warbonnet and a grain train around Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 9730 shoves a loaded coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado. Notice the designation on the engine as SD70MACe. First time I have seen the 'e' on a MAC.

The sun peaks out of the clouds and catches a single BNSF ACe unit pulling a long train of empty windmill tower flat cars through The Sag north of Palmer Lake.

After being sidelined for 11 hours in the snow and frigid cold due to a mechanical issue, BNSF 9166 (SD70ACe) heads through the S curves in the section known as The Sag which is just north of Palm... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.