Over 17,600 tons of train are on the drawbar of the two EMD motors as they pull an Eagle Butte Mine, WY to Smithers Lake, TX coal train up the 1.6% grade near the Palmer Lake.
An EMD SD70MAC and a GE AC4400CW bring up the rear of a Smithers Lake, TX-bound coal train as it crest the 7,200' summit of the Palmer Divide as Palmer Lake, CO.