As a signal maintainer drives away from his work side for the day, an empty coal train approaches as it climbs the 1.5% grade over Palmer Lake (7,231 ft) which is less than a mile away.
Peaking out of the shadows, a Slaton, TX to Denver, CO manifest train starts to get up to speed down the northern slope of the Palmer Divide after climbing over the 7,200' summit. The train takes ... (more)
Three General Electric motors descend down the Palmer Divide, through Downtown Colorado Springs, with the Seattle, Q-train as an empty coal train holds the siding. While the the train is a classi... (more)
As the sun sets on the valley of Kingman, Ariz., an eastbound BNSF intermodal train battles the grade through Walapai and over the Arizona Divide on a cold winter evening.