More empty coal hoppers race north out of Palmer Lake on their way back to the mines. Once north of Palmer Lake, trains really start to pick up speed once the engines hit MP 51 as most of the tra... (more)

A nice BNSFbonnet leads a northbound manifest out of Palmer Lake and provides an eye-catching show for some cows who reside between Mains 1 and 2.

Rolling off the assembly line together and now plying the rails along the Joint Line, sequential sister GEVOs lead loaded coal south through the S-curves in Monument.

BNSF 6142 leads coal empties north on Main 2 through a less-photographed portion of the Joint Line just south of Castle Rock.

A short string of empty coal hoppers from Canon City rolls north on Main 2 behind a trio of Armour Yellow.

BNSF 9155 leads coal empties north through the Greenland Open Space on another beautiful Colorado morning.

Coal empties swing into Palmer Lake northbound behind a putrid-looking SD70MAC.

Snow still clings to Pikes Peak, seen here standing watch 25 miles away, as BNSF 6427 storms north with a string of empty coal gons. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Greenland, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6427
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 16, 2010

UP 6651 leads Nixon coal loads bound for Fountain, CO through the S-curves just south of Monument.

A trio of orange leads an almost-Earthworm grain empty north out of Palmer Lake.

BNSF 4633 has just crested the Palmer Divide and brings a manifest train north through Palmer Lake.

Coal empties blast northbound on Main 2 along a less scenic portion of the Joint Line south of Colorado Springs. This was supposed to be a shot of UP 1989, but the Rio Grande heritage unit never ... (more)

Coal empties storm north through the Greenland Open Space. The people of Douglas County had tremendous vision by avoiding greed and not allowing development along this section of the Front Range,... (more)

I think this is the first time I've seen something other than GP40-2 power for the UP Colorado Springs, but UP 1203 has an interesting story beyond that. It was built in 1977 for Kennecott Copper... (more)

Union Pacific has been running a few more trains on the Joint Line these days, and while I'm not the biggest UP fan out there, I do like seeing a nice flag unit every now and then. Here northboun... (more)