BNSF 6363 (ES44AC) muscles a loaded coal train towards Palmer Lake on the southbound Joint Line.
BNSF 4061 (ES44AC) leads a stack train through the snowy S curves at Spruce, Colorado.
Heavy snow is falling as BNSF 9319 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train and leans into the elevated S curves between Spruce and Palmer Lake, Colorado.
An empty Comanche coal train is lead by a rebuilt SD70MAC as it heads north towards Denver on UP's Main 2 track along Colorado's BNSF/UP Joint Line. In the foreground, a BNSF locomotive sits in th... (more)
A 17,600 ton coal train from Eagle Butte Mine, WY to NRG (Headwaters Power Plant) Donnie, TX slowly crawls up the 1.4% grade of Spruce before reaching the summit of the Palmer Divide.
BNSF 5640 (AC4400CW) holds at Spruce, Colorado while an empty BNSF coal train moves north on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8429 (SD70ACe) get a loaded coal train moving after stopping at Spruce, Colorado for a northbound to clear Palmer Lake.
BNSF 8429 (SD70ACe) notches up the turbo as it strains to get a loaded coal moving at Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads an oil can train south on the Joint Line at Spruce, Colorado.
Spruce and the Palmer Divide Pleasant low light glow off the Scotchcal and new snow.
A pair of helper engines wait on a siding in Spruce, Colorado in case they are needed to help a train get over the Palmer Divide on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads a freight through Spruce, Colorado on the southbound Joint Line.
BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) runs through the trees at Spruce, Colorado.
The sun is setting low as BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads a mixed freight southbound on the Joint Line and through the S curve at Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads a freight through Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.
