Pacing the Q Train
Santa Fe’s Q-train south out of Big Lift (Denver), Colorado hums down the Joint Line, south of Castle Rock, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. Cowl F45 No. 5989 leads the ... (more)

BNSF 8914 waits on a siding in Castle Rock, Colorado to help the next train get over Monument Pass.

BNSF Denver to Chicago Z train detouring over the Joint Line near Castle Rock, CO

Heading Home. After a long days work, BNSF 6329 (ES44AC) passes through Castle Rock on the Joint Line and heads towards Denver after helping a train get over Palmer Divide.

fresh rebuild 1572 leads the southbound BNSF Pikes Peak Local past Orsa Siding near Castle Rock

BNSF 4667 Heads to Colorado Springs on the Joint Line.

A quartet of six axle power speeds through Castle Rock on the Joint Line.

A pair of Greinstein SD70MAC's lead an empty coal train North on Main #2 North of Castle Rock

D&RGW 5394 leads a mixture of Rio Grande and Southern Pacific power on the Southbound CAICL (Coal-Axial Mine-Coletto Creek, TX) loaded coal train. This train has just passed the city of Castle Roc... (more)

A nice surprise in the form of a Norfolk Southern SD70ACe leads a high-priority manifest south out of Castle Rock on a crisp, pre-winter morning with another NS unit and KCS Southern Belle tagging... (more)

Coal empties snake northbound into Castle Rock enroute to Wyoming.

southbound BNSF coal load climbing past Orsa siding north of Castle Rock, CO

BNSF 9151 (SD70ACe) sits on a siding in front of an old depot in Castle Rock, Colorado waiting to help a train over the Palmer Divide if needed.

a very late running Denver to Pueblo manifest is running wrong main from CTC Littleton to CTC Palmer Lake and is waiting for a new track warrant to proceed a little further south on this signalled... (more)

southbound BN coal load climbing through Castle Rock with namesake rock in distance