A Rio Grande coal train climbs the Palmer Divide approaching Palmer Lake, Colorado, on a sunny and warm February 24, 1986. The train is led by three EMD SD50s, and is helped by a SD40T-2/SD50 help... (more)

CREX 1301 and Grinstein painted SD70MAC BNSF 9785 are pulling Southbound on Main #1.

CREX 1203 leads this Southbound loaded Grain train as it pulls out of the 'sag' and heads towards the summit of the grade at Palmer Lake. In addition to the two DPU's is a manned two engine pusher... (more)

… And Just Then a Hole in the Clouds Let the Sun Through! Don't let the sunny skies fool you - It was a cold day on Colorado's Joint Line! In fact, a few hours earlier, it was blizzard... (more)

The Pikes Peak Local enters CTC territory at Palmer Lake, passing the since-removed searchlights.

CSXT 947 and CREX 1329 head South on Main #1 with an empty Grain train.

A southbound intermodal train rounds the curve at Palmer Lake, CO on March 4, 2017.

On a mild February 26, 2017, a BNSF coal train crawls uphill at milepost 52 in Palmer Lake, CO.

ATSF 5088 enters the double track north of Palmer Lake, CO while Oakway 9021 waits to head south in June of 1989.

BNSF 8036 kicks up snow as it heads Northbound on Main #2 through light snow showers. In the foreground is a Southbound loaded coal train that is waiting in the 'sag'.

A colorful pair of GE ES44AC locomotives provide a nice push on the rear of this loaded coal train as it conquers the summit at a frozen Palmer Lake. Now these units will begin to apply their dyn... (more)

A southbound Burlington Northern coal train sits at an approach signal to single track at Palmer Lake, Colorado, at a location known as the “Sag” led by EMD SD40-2 No. 7167, and is meeting a n... (more)

Still painted in Northern Pacific colors almost 20 years after the BN merger, caboose 10050 brings up the rear of this Houston bound loaded coal train.

A northbound coal empty illuminates the grade as it climbs into Palmer Lake under the watchful presence of the iconic Star of Palmer Lake which is just wrapping up its 81st year of operation on th... (more)

A pleasant surprise on Christmas morning was this northbound BNSF manifest passing Palmer Lake, CO led by a colorful consist that will get at least THIS crew home for Christmas.