BNSF 5640 (AC4400CW) holds at Spruce, Colorado while an empty BNSF coal train moves north on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8429 (SD70ACe) get a loaded coal train moving after stopping at Spruce, Colorado for a northbound to clear Palmer Lake.

BNSF 8429 (SD70ACe) notches up the turbo as it strains to get a loaded coal moving at Spruce, Colorado.

BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads an oil can train south on the Joint Line at Spruce, Colorado.

Spruce and the Palmer Divide Pleasant low light glow off the Scotchcal and new snow.

A pair of helper engines wait on a siding in Spruce, Colorado in case they are needed to help a train get over the Palmer Divide on the Joint Line.

BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads a freight through Spruce, Colorado on the southbound Joint Line.

BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) runs through the trees at Spruce, Colorado.

The sun is setting low as BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads a mixed freight southbound on the Joint Line and through the S curve at Spruce, Colorado.

BNSF 7561 (ES44DC) leads a freight through Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.

Southbound at Spruce Heavy snow covered the Palmer Divide on December 28th and on the morning of December 29th. Moving at a steady 20 mph this southbound was basking in the last deligh... (more)

The last rays of sunlight reflect off of lingering clouds along the northern slope of the Palmer Divide on Colorado's Joint Line. Here at Spruce, a southbound Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX holds at ... (more)

Coal from the Rawhide Mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin battles the steep grade of Palmer Lake as this 17,000 ton train approaches "the sag" at Spruce, CO.

BNSF Ace 9215 leads a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado.

BNSF 8435 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.