BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) snakes a coal train through the S curves just north of Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through the curve in downtown Palmer Lake, Colorado.

Oakway Leasing 9021 approaches Palmer Lake, CO in June of 1989.

BNSF 6928 (ES44C4) runs south on the Joint Line with a stack train destined for Texas.

Over 17,600 tons of train are on the drawbar of the two EMD motors as they pull an Eagle Butte Mine, WY to Smithers Lake, TX coal train up the 1.6% grade near the Palmer Lake.

A BNSF stack train runs south on the Joint Line through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

An EMD SD70MAC and a GE AC4400CW bring up the rear of a Smithers Lake, TX-bound coal train as it crest the 7,200' summit of the Palmer Divide as Palmer Lake, CO.

BNSF 6015 strains to pull a loaded coal train around the horseshoe curve in Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 6928 (ES44C4) leads a stack train through the trees at Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6928 (ES44C4) leads a JB Hunt stack train through Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado as it runs southbound on the Joint Line.

BNSF 7272 (ES44DC) leads a stack train through Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) rounds the horseshoe curve in Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6238 (ES44AC) muscles a loaded coal train through the trees east of Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8286 (ES44C4) leads a freight through the S curves right before getting to Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.