Railfan Meet at Palmer Lake, CO; Grinsteins, Herzog and Earthworms Included

It was announced at our railfanning group webpage, that a railfan meet would take place at Palmer Lake. Basically, local railfan's come together to catch some trains. Yes even derailedtrain666 showed up. In about 2+ hours, a reasonable 4 trains came thru. And now..

Train 1: We start the day with what sounded like a 4-8-4chugging up the divide! but it wasnt. It was a Dash-9 leading a short Herzog Train NB

BNSF C44-9W 5407

Train 2: As i chatted some more with the fellow railfan's, another train was charging up the Pass.

BNSF ES44AC 5889
BNSF "Grinstein" SD70MAC 9822
BNSF SD70MAC 9881
BNSF ES44AC 6177
DPU's
BNSF SD70ACe 9369
BNSF SD70ACe 9277

Train 3: Derailedtrain666 headed north to scout out another possible train. He spoted a slow moving drag (Pun intended) charging the grade.

BNSF ES44AC 6195
BNSF "Grinstein" SD70MAC 9518
BNSF SD70ACe 9225
BNSF ES44AC 5899

Train 4: This was a great surprise for the day! It's been a while since I last seen a unit "Earthworm". The consist was also pretty decent! All while an approching Thunderstorm was moving in.

BNSF "H1" C44-9W 1025
BNSF "H1" C44-9W 1118
BNSF SD70MAC 8922
BNSF C44-9W 4846

And that was pretty much it for the 2+ hours I was there. Enjoy, and Comment!!

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Tags:

• BN
• ATSF
• BNSF
• trains
• coal
• grain
• Herzog
• C44-9W
• earthworm
• grinsteins
• palmer
• Lake
• colorado
• joint
• line
• derailedtrain666

[Cornelu]

Excellent video!

[BNSF7776]

Nice stuff man, surprised the first train didn't blow the turbo charger. 5*****