BNSF's twice weekly northbound Pikes Peak Local was climbing towards the top of the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake

BNSF's twice weekly northbound Pikes Peak Local passing Palmer Lake

UP unit military train Spruce siding.

Mop meets Rock. On July 3, 1965, two weeks after massive floods shut down almost all rail service into Denver the situation along Colorado’s Joint Line is still far from normal. Missouri Pacific... (more)

Storm light over the joint line at Palmer Lake

A storm is threatening Santa Fe’s southbound freight on Colorado’s Joint Line as it leaves Larkspur and climbs to the fifth highest summit on the AT&SF at Palmer Lake, 7,237-ft. FP-45 91 res... (more)

A pair of BN GEs shove a loaded BNSF Powder River coal train the last mile over the summit at Palmer Lake on the Joint Line. The red number boards on 5106 denote this unit as having been upgraded... (more)

A northbound empty coal train goes through Palmer Lake, Colorado on a sunny, but cold January morning.

Northbound UP military train climbing toward the top of the Palmer Divide near Palmer Lake.

A pair of KCS engines head North on the point of this BNSF military train heading towards Denver.

Having topped the Joint Line at Palmer Lake a northbound BNSF empty coal bucket slips down grade behind SD70MAC 9797. Pulling the grade up to 'the sag' a southbound BNSF manifest will soon be paus... (more)

My girlfriend Megan gets her shots of the DPU's as BNSF SD70MAC No. 8953 and BNSF SD70ACe No. 8785 bring up the rear of coal empties from Smithers Lake, Texas as they pass through and will soon to... (more)

New Tier 4 loco leading BNSF southbound Denver to Amarillo freight passing through Palmer Lake.

BNSF northbound Amarillo to Denver freight passing through Palmer Lake.

BNSF's twice weekly northbound Pikes Peak Local was passing through Palmer Lake.