BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) climbs the grade between Larkspur and Greenland, Colorado as it runs southbound on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) runs the S curve at Spruce, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.

The wide-open areas around Greenland, Colorado offer the chance to get an entire train in the photo. Here BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) heads up the grade between Greenland and Palmer Lake with a loaded co... (more)

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) pass some cows as it leads a loaded coal train towards Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF ACe 9119 leads a loaded coal train around Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado.

BNSF ACe 9119 runs over the Rio Grande bridge in Monument, Colorado.

BNSF ACe 9119 leads a loaded coal train through the trees at Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF ACe 9119 runs a loaded coal train through the S curves at Spruce, Colorado.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train around the lake in Palmer Lake, Colorado. The lake was built to service steam locomotives making the long run from Denver to Colorado Springs.

The cows in the pasture south of Greenland, Colorado have seen far too many trains come through to be spooked by the southbound coal train running on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train past a farm in Greenland, Colorado.

BNSF 9119 (SD70ACe) hits the signal at Spruce, Colorado as it pulls a heavy coal up the grade between Greenland and Palmer Lake, Colorado.