More than 17,000 tons of Powder River Basin coal is on the drawbars of the BNSF 8458 as it grinds the last five miles towards the summit at Palmer Lake on near perfect spring afternoon.

124 car loads of Rawhide Mine, WY coal are bound for Halsted, TX as they slowly traverse the Palmer Divide near Larkspur, CO. Four, six-axle locomotives battle the one to 1.4% grade of the norther... (more)