Montana Rail Link leads BNSF trackage rights train out of Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, CO. I still laugh about catching this. I had spent most of the day hiking around Big 10 photographing wh... (more)

Union Pacific MDVRO freight emerges from Tunnel 27 in the Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on June 15, 2001. Leading the train is a locomotive very much at home—UP EMD SD40T-2 No. 8... (more)

A shiny BNSF 8782 lifts a manifest thru South Boulder Canyon. The train is passing the daylighted Tunnel 28, and about to enter one the tightest curves on the Moffat Road. According to a 1989 D&... (more)

Surrounded by the aftermath of a springtime snowstorm in the Rockies, Union Pacific’s MRONY manifest freight departs the siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on a bright April 23, 2001.

Walking Speed, a westbound manifest struggles up the grade thru South boulder Canyon. The long manifest has a total of 5 big AC motors this day configured 3x1x1. This area of the Moffat Road is ... (more)

A quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors pull the grade in South Boulder Canyon. The curve approaching Tunnel 29 is one of the sharpest on the ex DRGW mainlines... The Daily Denver-Roper manifest was... (more)

A westbound manifest led by a new Tier IV Gevo climbs the Moffat in South Boulder Canyon. The colorful scar on the mountainside is the day-lighted Tunnel 28.

A westbound BNSF train negotiates the twisting trackage of South Boulder Canyon. Storm clouds have just parted illuminating this scene along the ex DRGW. The train is about to enter one of tighte... (more)

Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit leads the westbound California Zephyr through Pinecliffe and on toward the Continental Divide

Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit leads the westbound California Zephyr through the tight confines of south boulder creek canyon

Rounding the curve after passing through the old Tunnel 28 site, long ago daylighted.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr crosses South Boulder Creek and emerges from the Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on a snowy March 28, 2016. Trailing lead GE P42DC No. 81 is â€... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest heavy in unfinished steel, I-beams and tank cars climbs the 2% grade thru South Boulder Canyon. The train has 5 big motors, configured 3x2. The railroad has followed Sout... (more)

About a half a mile east of this location near the now daylighted Tunnel 28, the RBBB Circus Train stalled out due to only having two of their three motors online for fuel conservation. Once the c... (more)

Railfanning is all about luck, and today... luck was definitely on my side. After getting pelted by heavy rain and hail for a few minutes, the sound of the RBBB Circus Train could be heard and the... (more)