BNSF's twice a week northbound Pikes Peak Local was descending into Castle Rock at MP 35

A loaded BNSF coal train slowly heads down the Joint Line and through Castle Rock, leading a large parade of southbound traffic.

The 9018 works hard bringing its 120 car train of coal through the curves of Castle Rock as it passes the namesake geological formation of this city on a very balmy February afternoon.

Southbound Q train running wrong main on normal northbound only main two departing Castle Rock

A trio of six-month-old Oakway SD60’s get an assist from a Burlington Northern C30-7 bringing a train of Power River Basin coal south on the Joint Line at Castle Rock.

Within sight of the geologic formation from which the town derives its name, a Burlington Northern coal train passes through Castle Rock, Colorado. The exhaust confirms that all units are working ... (more)

Southbound BNSF twice a week Pikes Peak Local Orsa siding Castle Rock

Oakway 9021 brings a freight thru Castle Rock, CO in June of 1989.

BNSF's Pikes Peak local scoots north on the Joint Line towards Denver behind a former BN SD60M & ATSF B40-8W. The trains namesake mountain is seen in the distance standing at 14,114 feet tall.

BNSF 4667 takes a freight through Castle Rock, Colorado on the Joint Line, which has received a fresh layer of snow.

The Oakway SD60’s spent a lot of time in Powder River coal service, as illustrated by this train seen travelling south on the Joint Line near Castle Rock.

Just when it appeared that B-units were a thing of the past on Class 1 railroads, Burlington Northern acquired 120 B30-7AB boosters from GE in 1982. Here one of pitches in with three six-axle unit... (more)

On a crisp autumn day, one-year-old SD50 #5504 leads sister #5502 past the town's namesake landmark.

Southbound BNSF coal load running "wrong" normal northbound only main number two climbing northbound out of Castle Rock.

EMD’s GP20 series was developed out of Union Pacific experiments with turbocharging GP9s. But it was Santa Fe that, starting in 1960, ordered 75 of the new 2,000-hp units, more than any other ro... (more)