Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 226 leads an eastbound Union Pacific coal train into Pinecliffe, Colorado, for a meet with a westbound coal empty on a snowy April 23, 2001.

Westbound on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is a light engine move crossing South Boulder Creek at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 28, 2016. Like white frosting on a cake, snow is stil... (more)

Looking high above a small canyon above South Boulder Creek a six unit lite power move from North Yard (Denver) to Ute, Colorado led by UP SD70ACe No. 8592 approaches Pinecliffe on March 28, 2016.

Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 291 leads a westbound Union Pacific coal train out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on a snowy April 23, 2001.

BNSF 9374 leads its train eastbound through Tunnel 29 in Pinecliffe, CO.

Entering the remote Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, is an eastbound Union Pacific coal train threading Tunnel 27 on June 15, 2001. This view looks east down South Boulder Creek and i... (more)

A light snow is still falling and the sun is now out, as a westbound Union Pacific freight curves out of Pinecliffe, toward the end of a spring snowfall in the high country of Colorado on April 12... (more)

California Zephyr #5 rounds the sweeping curve just east of Pinecliffe, CO., AMTK 204 & 130 are leading the way and are about to enter Tunnel 29 on the Moffat route.

Amtrak's California Zephyr rolls eastbound through the curve at Pinecliffe on a frigid and snowy February afternoon.

It's just after sunset as AMTK P42DC No. 170 leads a 42 minute late eastbound California Zephyr as they round a curve before entering Tunnel No. 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado on January 11, 2016. The... (more)

A fresh blanket of snow covers the scene that fell overnight as more snow continues to fall. Seen here, three of four UP SD70ACe and AH's take coal empties west up the 2-percent grade at Pineclif... (more)

Just after a springtime mountain snowstorm, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr is about to take down the West Cliff signal at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on April 22, 2001.

A summer run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train threads 75-foot Tunnel 29 westbound just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on June 16, 2001.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train departs Cliff, Colorado, on a bright September 20, 2001.

Union Pacific’s local freight to Phippsburg, Colorado, approaches Pinecliffe on a snowy April 12, 2001. Springtime in the Rockies!