17,700 tons of Powder Basin coal is putting strain on the drawbars of this Halsted, TX coal train as it crest the 7,200 ft summit at Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line.

Light snow at Palmer Lake and freezing temperatures escort BNSF 9319 (SD70ACe) out of Palmer Lake, Colorado leading a loaded coal on the Joint Line.

BNSF ACe 9313 leads a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado during heavy snowfall.

The alternator on BNSF ACe 9375 had failed at the worst possible time on a loaded coal train, stranding the train in a snowstorm, halfway through Palmer Lake, Colorado. The call for a helper unit... (more)

Heavy Snow falls in Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line as BNSF 9313 (SD70ACe) gets ready to move once a helper unit is added to the back of the train.

Snow and freezing fog envelope the foothills next to Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line as BNSF 6363 (ES44AC) covers DPU duty on a loaded coal train.

A pair of EMD SD70ACe pour heavy exhaust as they get back up to speed after holding at the "The Sag" for a northbound train.

A Caballo Mine to Holcomb, KS coal train holds at the approach signal to Palmer Lake, known as The Sag, as a northbound empty clears the single track section and heads back to the mines of the PRB... (more)

Snow and sub-freezing temperatures greet BNSF 9319 (SD70ACe) as it runs a loaded coal train through Palmer, Lake, Colorado.

ATSF 2-10-2 3824 leads 67 cars at Palmer Lake Colorado on August 31st 1952. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The last rays of sunlight reflect off of the nose of a BNSF 9725, a rebuilt SD70MAC, as it pulls an empty Comanche (XCEL Energy Colorado) coal train back towards the mines in Wyoming's Powder Rive... (more)

A coal load for Donnie, TX inches closer to the summit of the Palmer Divide on Colorado's Joint Line. Crawling at around 10 MPH, this 17,000 ton train loses a mile per hour, or two, due to a pesky... (more)

UP 4404 leads a Office Car Special heading southbound out of Palmer Lake through the twists and curves towards Monument, CO.

ATSF 185 leads a nice set of EMD FT motors, with freight in tow near Palmer Lake Colorado. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF ACe 8429 makes the corner at Palmer Lake, Colorado with a loaded coal train.