An empty BNSF coal train heads north towards Denver on the UP track of Colorado's Joint Line as BNSF's Denver to Amarillo manifest grinds up towards Palmer Lake on the BNSF track.
A pair of EMD motors are locked into a battle with gravity as they fight to haul a 17,000 ton coal train up the 1.5% grade of the Palmer Divide. Here at Greenland, only a few miles away from the s... (more)