Photo ID: 104633 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2041 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Even when BNSF started buying exclusively from GE, they still had a fleet of nearly 800 SD70MACs that could be found on every coal train on the Joint Line. Then, over time, GE started moving in a bit with the ES44AC. For this EMD fan, it is great to catch a pair of SD70MACs on the point of a coal train every once in awhile! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104632 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2005 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The sun has shifted to the western sky, offering up some great light on the S-Curve just south of Palmer Lake for this northbound. The temperature is 46 degrees Fahrenheit but somehow feels warmer! The pine tree to the right is threatening to encroach on this shot in the future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104631 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific At elevation just under 7,300 ft, there is still plenty of snow on the ground at Palmer Lake after a blizzard the night before! In addition to the snow, there is also some coal on the ground from a minor derailment. A UP crew has a "Form B" and red boards in place, allowing them to occupy the track between trains. The truck they are using is essentially a gigantic vacuum cleaner! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104621 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 1994 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF With the explosion in oil lately, BNSF has been suffering from a bit of a power shortage. As a result, they have been leasing a lot of power as well as activating power that has been in storage. Such is the case with the Warbonnet-painted SD75Ms. To make space on the roster, BNSF has moved the units from their 8200-series numbers back to their ATSF-original 200-series numbers. As you can see, it has been done a bit hastily, too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104620 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At Palmer Lake, this southbound has left the double track behind. It is now on the UP-owned, BNSF-dispatched single main track. The single track runs for roughly 30 miles through Colorado Springs. At Crews (near Fountain, CO), double track starts again. There are only four sidings over this 30 mile stretch, so it can become something of a bottleneck for the dispatcher! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104619 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 1885 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF We are at the "top of the hill" as this manifest makes its way around the west side of Palmer Lake. The shiny ES44C4 makes a fantastic contrast against the snow that fell the previous night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104049 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 2085 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This is without a doubt one of those timeless locations you see in rail photography. Railfans have been shooting southbounds coming around this bend since the dawn of the camera, I would image! Nothing too special about this consist...just another BNSF coal train working over the top of the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103344 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 (Palmer Lake) Palmer Lake, CO 1679 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This manifest was running right on the yellow blocks of the coal load ahead of it, so I didn't have enough time to get north of Palmer Lake and back into the light (note the house and hillside in the distance). Instead, I settled for this shot at the grade crossing at Palmer Lake. This is BNSF's daily Denver to Pueblo manifest. When I first saw it, I thought it was a baretable train as I only saw the empty well cars initially! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103343 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 1728 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Minutes before the sun ducks behind the mountains west of Palmer Lake, this southbound works through the S-Curve just south of the lake. Leave it to BNSF to run the last unit nose-forward! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103342 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 (Palmer Lake) Palmer Lake, CO 2026 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load makes the final effort to get over the top of Palmer Divide, about 7,200 feet above sea level. Here, the double track ends and the single track CTC begins. The single track runs for 32 miles between Palmer Lake and Crews, and there are four sidings along the way to facilitate train meets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103327 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 51 Palmer Lake, CO 2518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An SD70ACe and an ES44AC work together as the tail end DPUs on this southbound coal load. The train is just coming into Palmer Lake (note the houses in the background), at which point the units will be able to throttle down and drop into dynamics. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103326 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 51 Palmer Lake, CO 2353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound is approaching the top of the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake. I don't think much more needs to be said for this shot... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103325 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 50 Palmer Lake, CO 2599 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After stopping briefly in the sag to allow its traction motors to cool, this coal load has resumed its climb toward the top of the Palmer Divide, now less than two miles ahead of it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102340 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake (MP 52) Palmer Lake, CO 1946 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A view of Palmer Lake that you don't typically see when view train pictures from the area! For awhile, I've wanted to climb the mountain to the west of the lake and see how the view looks. Well, here it is! Not too bad...of course BNSF had to have the last unit on this loaded southbound facing the wrong way! Note the head end of the train way off in the distance on the upper left side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102339 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake (MP 52) Palmer Lake, CO 1977 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Three and a half hours after receiving its track warrant (while sitting in Rennicks Yard in Denver), this BNSF coal load is finally approaching the top of the hill at Palmer Lake. A classic Rio Grande signal (controlling southbound movement on Main Two) stands in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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