The deer pay no mind to DPU 6868 (ES44C4) as it muscles a coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 4239 leads a container train by the rock formations of Palmer Lake and past a herd of deer munching on some grass for lunch.

Sitting forlornly on Spruce Siding, near Palmer Lake, Colorado, is BNSF Railway ES44AC 5902. This locomotive was built by General Electric in February 2006, fourteen years before it was photograp... (more)

A 49-car military train heads to the US Army’s Fort Carson, not far ahead at Kelker, what the railroad calls the section of Colorado Springs where the connection to Ft. Carson is made. Despite ... (more)

Just south of the Spruce Siding, BNSF Railway loaded coal train C-ATMCRD0-19 passes between the old bridge abutments from a long-since removed Santa Fe bridge that crossed the original Denver & Ri... (more)

BNSF's twice a week southbound Pikes Peak Local was passing through Palmer Lake in great afternoon light.

BNSF 8007 (ES44C4) leads a ballast train past the old telegraph lines that lead to Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 6228 (ES44AC) and an executive MAC passes an ice fisherman on Palmer Lake.

BNSF 7790 has just about finished its 2000 foot climb from Denver as it nears Palmer Lake. Once over the top it’s downhill all the way past the Air Force Academy into downtown Colorado Springs.

It has been a long stretch since I have seen a SD75M in these parts. Granted, I'd rather see one in a Warbonnet scheme, but seeing BNSF 271 run 'The Sag' outside Palmer Lake is still OK with me. ... (more)

BNSF 8521 (SD70ACe) brings a loaded coal through 'The Sag' as it heads to Palmer Lake, Colorado.

UP 7943 (ES44AC) leads a triple header freight through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

BNSF 8157 (ES44C4) runs an oil can train between the trees in Palmer Lake.

Once the heavy coal trains make the steep climb between Larkspur and Palmer Lake, they head downhill towards Colorado Springs. Here we see BNSF 8775 (SD70ACe) running along the trees that make Pa... (more)

BNSF 8782 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train towards Palmer Lake, Colorado.