Photo ID: 102338 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 1754 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF I must admit that I wasn't crazy about BNSF's New Image paint scheme when it was first released. However, it has grown on me quite a bit, and I particularly like the change to black in the paint scheme. Here, a very new (isolated cab) SD70ACe has gone into dynamics at Palmer Lake to help control the speed of the coal load as it descends toward Colorado Springs. I particularly like the silver trucks/fuel tank on the new scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102337 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake (MP 52) Palmer Lake, CO 1706 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At Palmer Lake, ABS and Track Warrants end, as do two tracks. This coal load is wrapping around the sound end of Palmer Lake on the single track (CTC) main. It is now 32 miles of single track (with four sidings) until double track starts again at Crews. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102245 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2095 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF There is a lot of green to be found at the "top of the hill" at Palmer Lake along the Joint Line in Colorado. BNSF's Denver to Kansas City (HDENKCK) has an elephant-style lash-up (including a Warbonnet) as the train enter the single track CTC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102001 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Palmer Lake, CO 2361 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This spot about two miles north of Palmer Lake is a great spot for a telephoto shot of an entire southbound coal train. The train loops back and forth as it descends through the Sag. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102000 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Palmer Lake, CO 2509 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A few miles north of Palmer Lake, this southbound coal load is descending through "the Sag". This is one of the location where the Santa Fe tracks once crossed over the Rio Grande tracks in the pre-Joint Line days. Some coal trains will occasionally stop here to cool their traction motors before continuing south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101998 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2047 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A group of railfans gather near the grade crossing at Palmer Lake and watch as a northbound BNSF manifest moves from the single track to Main 2 on its journey north toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101997 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2119 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF On this particular day, there was a railfan meet being held at Palmer Lake. There was a pretty good turnout of probably 20 people over the course of a few hours. Here, a few fans shoot a northbound BNSF manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101996 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2043 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Two New Image ES44ACs lead BNSFs Kansas City, MO to Denver, CO manifest (HKCKDEN). The train is about to leave the single track CTC behind and continue north to Denver on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101995 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's southbound HPASSAG heads south at Palmer Lake. This train came down the Front Range Sub the previous night. It arrived in Denver earlier this morning, had a crew change, and headed south on the Joint. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101648 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2073 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF 7,225 feet above sea level, this northbound coal empty crosses over the top of the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake. A single SD70MAC leads the northbound empty toward the start of the double track just ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101148 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2701 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Normally, UP 1989 would make the run from Pueblo to Denver in the pitch black. The manifest usually passes through the community of Palmer Lake sometime between 1:00am and 2:00am. High levels of traffic delayed the train enough the prior day that it passed through Palmer Lake in daylight on this particular Sunday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101147 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2819 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 wraps around the snowy south end of Palmer Lake on its way north. The train departed Pueblo (about 65 miles south) the previous night at 7:30pm. High levels of train traffic on the Joint resulted in the train being tied down on the siding at Kelker until 1:30pm the next day (the day this picture was shot). At the time of the picture, it was about 4:00pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100610 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 1773 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Palmer Lake is not quite as high as it usually is, but the east shores of the frozen lake make for a nice foreground for the Denver to Barstow train heading south in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 90002 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 15, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 1626 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An up close and personal look at BNSF's New Image scheme. The railroad is now trying to move away from its Burlington Northern / Santa Fe heritage. The corporate name has been changed from "Burlington Northern Santa Fe" to simply "BNSF". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 90001 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 15, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 1901 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This special train, making its way slowly up the Joint Line, was the very first look I got at BNSF New Image scheme, which was announced about a month earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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