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: 101649 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Larkspur, CO 2038 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF While a southbound coal load cools its traction motors in the "Sag" on Main One, a northbound coal empty moves at track speed (roughly 40 MPH) on Main Two on its way north toward Denver. Pre-World War I, the DRGW track and the ATSF track crossed one another here...you can still see the remains of the bridge where the two tracks crossed. Today at this location, ownership of the tracks change hands between UP and BNSF on either track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101647 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Larkspur, CO 1876 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Winter hit Colorado a bit early this year, with several inches of accumulation coming in mid-October at the Palmer Divide. BNSF 6085 south sits in the "Sag" at Spruce a few miles north of Palmer Lake. The train has a yellow signal and will have to wait for a few northbounds before continuing south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100609 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Larkspur, CO 1995 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Spruce marks one of three locations on the Joint Line where ownership of the two main tracks changes between UP and BNSF. BNSF 4479 is just moving down into "the sag" as it changes from BNSF-owned track to UP-owned track on main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100333 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 11, 2004 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Spruce, CO 1700 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After stopping to let the four units on the loaded coal train cool off, the southbound continue from Spruce towards the top of the hill at Palmer Lake, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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