BNSF 6015 strains to pull a loaded coal train around the horseshoe curve in Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through Larkspur, Colorado.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado as it runs southbound on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) rounds the horseshoe curve in Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through the S Curve at Castle Rock, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal southbound on the Joint Line towards Larkspur, Colorado.

BNSF 6015 ES44AC runs through the S curves at Monument, Colorado as it heads south along the Colorado Front Range.

Palmer Lake, Colorado has some of the best scenery in the state for photographing the numerous coal trains that run on a daily basis through town.

BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado. Homeowners on the hill in the background have a bird's eye view of the busy Joint Line that runs through town.

A loaded BNSF coal train running through Greenland, Colorado on the southbound Joint Line passes a Union Pacific military train which is heading north on the Joint Line.

Framed just south of Agricola, MS, an empty BNSF coal set breaks the silence of the cool night as they roll north on the Mississippi Export Railroad. The 135 car train has just unloaded at the Vic... (more)

BNSF AC power leads an eastbound X train through Kingman with an NS 3rd back.

The West Burlington Shops was the heart of the BN heavy locomotive repair and rebuild dating back to 1883. The shops were closed in 2004 by BNSF and everything moved to Galesburg and other shops. ... (more)

NS 736 near CP Asa, which is between Huntsville, and Gurley, AL on the NS Memphis East End Sunday afternoon. The scenery on this line is great!

An eastbound coal train crosses a small inlet off the Clark fork just west of Trout creek, montana