Western Railroad Discussion > Traffic count on Joint Line these days

Also how many coal trains per day?...Thx...Stevie

12 bnsf coal  perhaps?  plus maybe 6 more other trains?

bnsf has been doing a lot of mow on main 1 denver-palmer lake, closed during the days here lately 



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Traffic builds towards weekends. 12-15 Total perhaps per day on BNSF. UP is 1-2 per day. Locals at Colo Springs and Pueblo on UP. BNSF runs Pikes Peak Local NB out of Pueblo to Colorado Springs. Coal can be many or few, depending on day. UP runs a Cochise Coal Load via BNSF to Stratford Tx  perhaps 1x per week, also loads for the Colo Springs Utility Plants at Nixon, south of Fountain and just west of I25 and Drake, which is in downtown COS. Nixon train is the more frequent of the 2. Perhaps 1-2 of these per week. Other unit trains on both sides from Cement to Wind Energy types. UP daily train is the MNYPU down and back (Denver to Pueblo) and the Rock & Rail Rock train, supposed to be daily but not always and very rarely on weekends, Runs Pueblo off the old Tenn Pass ML to Kelker in Colorado Springs. BNSF runs a Hi Wide Special out of Witchita perhaps 1x per week, Boeing Cars. Those I have seen and are aware of usually have 4 737/Navy P8 Fuselages plus the other cars that accompany these loads. One is currently enroute to Pueblo as we speak. At Hutchison Ks last report. Can get busy, not like years ago tho.  Ben



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Thank you all, esp.NS2557 for your detailed report...