Northbound BNSF coal empty approaching Greenland with new KCS GE leading.

Top Ten of 2018. Here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from 2018.
9. During a trip to Colorado in June, we managed to leave a little extra time at the beginning an... (more)

A southbound Burlington Northern coal train crawls up the top of the grade at Palmer Lake on Colorado’s Joint on February 24, 1988. Two EMD SD60 Oakways and two BN GE U30Cs lead the train, which... (more)

Empty coal buckets make their way over the top of the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake, CO.

A pair of GEVOs shove coal empties over the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake, CO.

Southbound BNSF military train Palmer Lake

A pair of freshly shopped and painted BNSF SD's lead the northbound Pikes Peak Local towards Palmer Lake

A southbound loaded coal train at the end of the long climb from Denver on its way south to a power station in Texas.

Two SD70 types snake their coal loads into Palmer Lake, CO.

A trio of motors shove on the rear of coal empties as they round the curve in Palmer Lake, CO.

A fresh H3 Dash 2 rounds the curve in Palmer Lake, CO with the day's Pikes Peak Local.

The snow helps bounce the last minutes of sun off of UP 6701 (AC4400CW) as it waits for the green signal to head into Palmer Lake, Colorado.

A pair of ACes tip over the Palmer Divide on their trip down the Colorado Joint Line.

UP 6701 (AC4400CW) leads a freight along the ridgeline towards The Sag, a place just north of Palmer Lake where southbound trains can wait for the go signal to take the single track through Palmer... (more)

BNSF 5954 (ES44AC) has stopped its load of coal in The Sag, an area north of Palmer Lake, to allow a southbound empty coal train to pass through the town. There is only one line that runs throug... (more)