Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF Q Lumber and Intermodal at Palmer Lake, CO, 19 Apri

BNSF 6214, ES44AC, led the hot lumber and intermodal Spokane, WA, to Alliance, TX, train Q SPOALT6-16A at snowy Palmer Lake, CO, 19 April 2024.  Train had 93-loads and 33-empties.

NO sound video.

Note the Denver & Rio Grande Western RR no trespassing sign still stands.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/24 09:19 by cozephyr.

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Great stuff!! Thanks for sharing your shots.

Definitely some good pics. I wonder why that Q is going through Colorado? Normally travels the old MRL tracks to Laurel, MT, then on to Sheridan and Gillette, WY. But then, nobody tells me anything.

BighornGuy Wrote:
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> Definitely some good pics. I wonder why that Q is
> going through Colorado? Normally travels the old
> MRL tracks to Laurel, MT, then on to Sheridan and
> Gillette, WY. But then, nobody tells me anything.

This one has been running down the Joint Line here in Colorado going on at least the last year or so. Comes south out of Alliance Ne on the Angora Sub to Bursh Co where it picks up the Brush Sub into Denver. South down the JL then East on the Pueblo Sub and eventually the Boise City Sub south to Amarillo and south on the Red River Valley Sub onto the Wichita Falls Sub for th final leg into Alliance Tex.  Ben

> This one has been running down the Joint Line here
> in Colorado going on at least the last year or so.

Instead of what? Spokane to Alliance via ... Lincoln?

timz Wrote:
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> > This one has been running down the Joint Line
> here
> > in Colorado going on at least the last year or
> so.
>
> Instead of what? Spokane to Alliance via ...
> Lincoln?

Never said it went east out of Alliance to Lincoln, then back west. . I am not sure  if it comes south down thru Casper Wy or not and then down the Front Range Sub to Denver. Just know it has been operating on the Joint Line here in Colorado now for a year or more possibly. Two ways to come south out of Spokane tho. Smart move is over the MRL to Laurel then down to Greybull over the Casper Sub to the Front Range Sub thence the Colo JL. Other way would be Laurel east to the Big Horn Sub then to the Black Hills Sub and onto the Butte Sub into Alliance. Can't see them going down the Orin Sub, to Guernsey then Front Range Sub again, but would not be surprised. Ben

ns2557 thank you for that info. I never knew.

Q-SPOALT replaced Q-PTLALT. Both have been scheduled on the Joint Line. Not sure why there is a question of why it's operating in Colorado?

Sorry I was ignorant. Mea culpa. A thousand pardons, sir.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/21/24 10:07 by BighornGuy.