Governor Bill Ritter's whistlestop special.
The entire consist of this southbound loaded coal train can be seen as it approaches Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.
KCS 687, KCS SD50 7015 ex-Conrail and BNSF 6313 led BNSF train of 52-loads of military trucks north to Fort Lewis, WA, via Colorado's Joint Line. BNSF southbound coal load in foreground.
Storm front cleared Palmer Lake in time for BNSF northbound unit military train of 52-cars. KCS 687, KCS 7015 & BNSF 6313 had Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (like model M977) aboard ... (more)
BNSF 8827 and a sister MAC bring up the rear as DPU remotes on a southbound coal train on the Joint-Line at Palmer Lake Colorado.
Rear DPU, heading downgrade towards Monument seen in the distance.
"RG Begins, AT&SF Ends"
Bright afternoon sunshine in Palmer Lake, CO, seems pretty rare. This was a shot I'd been hoping to get for some time.
Two of the first BNSF ACe units in Colorado, with a TXUX coal load.
Bright morning sunshine, frost on the ground, and a newly-painted SD70MAC.
Rear end helpers at the end of the push from Denver.
