Coal from the Rawhide Mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin battles the steep grade of Palmer Lake as this 17,000 ton train approaches "the sag" at Spruce, CO.
Fresh snow covers blankets the town of Palmer Lake as a southbound BNSF loaded coal train begins its descend down the southern slope of the Palmer Divide along Colorado's Joint Line.
BNSF 9002 pulls 124 car Rawhide Mine, WY to Donnie (Headwaters Power Plant), TX coal train over the 7200' high Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake, CO during a late October snow storm.