Coal is still king on the Joint Line, as BNSF 6357 (ES44AC) leads a loaded train between Greenland, Colorado and Spruce.

Pikes Peak still has a little snow on it as BNSF 9606 (ES44C4) leads a freight towards Greenland, Colorado on the northbound Joint Line track.

BNSF 6019 (ES44AC) shoves an empty coal train through Greenland, Colorado, passing a BNSF freight running on the southbound track. Both trains pass the iconic red barn, which burned down after a ... (more)

A spring snowstorm blankets Greenland, Colorado as BNSF 9023 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train southbound on the Joint Line. To the right is the iconic red barn which burned to the ground due t... (more)

BNSF 5259 (Dash 9) runs on the northbound Joint Line track through Greenland, Colorado.

With Pikes Peak in the background frosted by snow from the night before, BNSF 5259 (Dash 9) leads a freight through the high-speed elevated curve in Greenland, Colorado.

Kansas City Southern Belle #4541 (AC4400CW) passes by a bee farm in the small town of Greenland, Colorado.

Kansas City Southern Belle #4541 (AC4400CW) passes the charred remains of the iconic red barn in Greenland, Colorado. Lightning struck the historic barn, which then burned to the ground, fortun... (more)

A BNSF Warbonnet finds itself leading the Denver, CO to Amarillo, TX manifest as it battles the 1.4% grade between Greenland and Spruce.

A 120 car coal train for the XCEL Colorado Energy Commanche Plant (Pueblo, CO) grinds up the grade of Greenland as it passes the famous red barn of Greenland. During the early morning hours of May... (more)

Heavy snow is falling on old farm equipment in Greenland, Colorado as BNSF 6363 (ES44AC) shoves a loaded coal south on the Joint Line.

Brand-new Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD70MAC No. 9840 makes its first revenue run down Colorado’s Joint Line at Greenland on a cold December 11, 1997. Weird to think that orange paint was ... (more)

Slowly climbing the grade of the Palmer Divide, a loaded Comanche coal train passes through the cattle lands of Greenland.

BNSF 9023 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Greenland, Colorado after a heavy snow.

More than 17,000 tons of Powder River Basin coal is on the drawbars of the BNSF 8458 as it grinds the last five miles towards the summit at Palmer Lake on near perfect spring afternoon.