DRGW 5391 leads Train # 165 at Palmer Lake, CO, Oct 22, 1983. Even small Palmer Lake has changed much since this image was taken.

DRGW 5391 leads Train # 165 at Palmer Lake, CO, Oct 22, 1983.

BNSF 5411 (Dash 9) runs past the abundant scrub brush near Palmer Lake; a result of the monsoon seasonal rain showers that blanket the Front Range daily during this time of year.

UP 7997 (ES44AC) pushes an empty coal train through a cut in Palmer Lake, Colorado.

KCS 4604 is the rear DPU on a southbound BNSF coal load, on a stormy day just prior to sunset. Palmer Lake, CO, July 23, 2019

BNSF 9981 waits at the signal before Palmer Lake with a loaded coal train. Nov 9, 2003.

An empty coal bucket loops around Palmer Lake passing a few paddleboarders cooling off in the lake, and will soon be descending to Denver.

BNSF 8792 (SD70ACe) handles a loaded coal train into Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 8792 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train on the north end of Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 8792 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train towards Palmer Lake

Crawling at a whopping 10 MPH, this heavy coal load is finally done doing the three hour battle up the northern slope of the Palmer Divide. Here, the engineer begins to watch his train crest the s... (more)

Two trains meet near Palmer Lake, Colorado, at a location know as “Sag” or Spruce. When the Santa Fe built its line between Colorado Springs and Denver, Rio Grande was already there, and per a... (more)

An early May snow storm hits Palmer Lake as a coal drag eases over the summit and begins the downward ride towards Pueblo.

In a Christmas card like scene, a pair of BNSF locomotives in DPU mode are almost done with their work of pushing this coal train up from the Mile High City of Denver to the 7,237 foot summit of P... (more)

BNSF 7931 leads a container train towards Palmer Lake, Colorado.