In front of the Martin Drake Power Plant of Colorado Springs, CO, a BNSF manifest freight train rounds a curve on its way south on November 3, 2017.

Far from home, a foreign CSX locomotive leads a Union Pacific rail train south through Colorado Springs, CO on August 4, 2017.

With a fresh crew, a southbound oil train cruises through Colorado Springs, CO on July 24, 2017.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70MAC number 9843 brings up the rear of a southbound coal train in Colorado Springs, CO on July 12, 2017.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe ES44AC number 5905 leads a southbound coal train through Colorado Springs, CO in the pouring rain on July 12, 2017.

A GE locomotive heads up a southbound Union Pacific manifest train in Colorado Springs, CO on July 10, 2017.

An empty rail-carrying train heads south through Colorado Springs, CO on the morning of July 10, 2017.

Missouri Pacific EMD E8(A) No.35 leads train 12 The Colorado Eagle at Colorado Springs, Colorado in July 1964. The 35 is a former Texas & Pacific unit. No photographer name on slide.

A pair of ES44AC locomotives bring up the rear of a northbound empty coal train in Colorado Springs, CO on May 20, 2017.

With a snow-capped Pike's Peak in the background, a pair of locomotives lead a grain train south through Colorado Springs, CO on May 20, 2017.

It's a very cold Black Friday, but the work must go on for the Pikes Peak local at the Lhoist silos near Kelker. Just a few more moves to go and then the crew will be back inside the warm confine... (more)

In the first light of day, a loaded Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train heads south through Colorado Springs, CO on January 11, 2017.

A dirty DRGW 5381 leads 4 other units on a coal train on the Joint Line near Colorado Springs in June of 1989.

A southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train cruises through Colorado Springs, CO on August 27, 2016.

BNSF SD70ACe number 9271 pushes on the rear of a southbound coal train in Colorado Springs, CO on August 20, 2016.