BNSF's Pikes Peak Local is working hard with a larger than normal train as it climbs south towards the summit of the Monument Divide through Greenland, CO

I was hoping for a matched set of H1 SD40-2s on today's Pikes Peak Local, but two Geeps in Cascade Green was a nice consolation! Here the duo is underway again after waiting for a southbound coal... (more)

A loaded coal train struggles up the grade on the Joint Line as it heads towards Palmer Lake. There the helpers will be cut off and return to Denver. Larkspur Butte looms in the background.

A coal train runs through Greenland on the Joint Line. Dynamic brakes are whining as the loco holds the train on the hill.

It's hard to believe this photo was taken in 2011, especially considering the lead unit of the Pikes Peak Local is 48-years-old and the second unit, BNSF 1514, is 54-years-old! I wonder if EMD ev... (more)

A nice ACe leader brings coal into Greenland under interesting skies.

Coal loads pull south through Greenland on a warm winter afternoon.

Two executive MACs work hard up the Palmer Divide

First generation AC power leads coal loads south through Greenland and by the fall colors on Rattlesnake Butte. On the lee side of the Front Range here, "fall colors" occur at a blink-and-you-mis... (more)

Coal loads creep their way south through Greenland. There's a defect detector just behind me that will usually say "train too slow" in it's Speak & Spell voice after these coal trains sloth by...... (more)

Coal loads are on the move again after a brief stop in Greenland (in case you couldn't figure out where this shot was taken). The old Denver & Rio Grande Western relic stands tall across the biso... (more)

BNSF 9155 leads coal empties north through the Greenland Open Space on another beautiful Colorado morning.

Snow still clings to Pikes Peak, seen here standing watch 25 miles away, as BNSF 6427 storms north with a string of empty coal gons. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Greenland, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6427
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 16, 2010

Coal empties storm north through the Greenland Open Space. The people of Douglas County had tremendous vision by avoiding greed and not allowing development along this section of the Front Range,... (more)

ATSF lives? A you-gotta-look-close-to-see-the-patch Warbonnet leads a rail train north through the Greenland Open Space.