Loads climb the Palmer Divide at Spruce lead by BNSF 9073.

Loads meet empty's on the Joint Line at Spruce.

With 2 EMD SD70MAC'S shoving on the rear, this loaded southbound coal train can be seen snaking its way through the sag as it climbs the Palmer Divide.

A Southbound herzog ballast train works upgrade as a Northbound empty passes in the background.

2 EMD's shove hard on the rear of a 114 car southbound texas coal load on the Joint Line.

2 EMD's lead this heavy southbound load at Spruce on the Colorado Joint Line.

With quite a smoke show, a heavy southbound manifest gets underway after holding in the Sag, north of Palmer Lake for Northbound traffic to clear.

BNSF 994 is on the north end of a ballast train parked in the house track near "the sag" just north of Palmer Lake. This view is from atop nearby Spruce Mountain.

A pair of B23-7's lead the daily Denver (Big Lift) to La Junta Intermodal train Southbound toward Palmer Lake on a chilly morning. This service did not last long and now the Intermodal facility is... (more)

AT&SF crosstie unloader "walking" his tractor from one car to the next at Spruce, CO.

High atop Spruce Mtn. we observe another coal load making its way up the grade to Palmer lake.

Pushing hard on the end of a loaded coal train bound for the Nixon Power Facility south of Fountain CO. The lead units can be seen above the train on the left.

Like thousands of times before, two coal trains meet just north of Palmer Lake. Now that this coal empty has conquered the grade coming north, it can coast into Denver with ease. But the UP coal l... (more)

another BNSF southbound coal load was climbing out of Greenland, CO running south on the normal northbound main #2 due to tie replacement on the normal southbound main #1 in beautiful afternoon su... (more)

A pair of visiting Southern Belles waits patiently in The Sag while MoW is working away at the north end of the single track in Palmer Lake. These units brought out the local rail paparazzi who s... (more)