A pair of BNSF General Electric motors work as the rear distributed power on a Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest train as they descend down the over 2% grade of the Colorado Rockies near Pinecliffe... (more)

Canyon Walls The Rocky Mountaineer was delightfully on time today with matched power for a spectacular ride west through the Moffat Road’s tunnel district. Fall light pours into the d... (more)

Amtrak Heritage at 29 Tunnel vision on 50 years of Amtrak rim reflective lighted from the January morning sunshine in Tunnel 29.

Westbound empties bank into another tight curve at Pinecliffe along South Boulder Creek working hard on their push to the Moffat Tunnel. The train is about to enter tunnel 29 working its way throu... (more)

Crude oil empties are grinding up "the mountain" through the narrow confines of the tunnel district on a bright summer afternoon. High above South Boulder Creek, the train is splitting t... (more)

As evening descends over the Rocky Mountains with Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision therein, the rumble of a train can be heard through South Boulder Canyon as they work their way up the 2... (more)

Amtrak 130 Heritage
Continuing my study of Amtrak 130 now from the overlook at Pinecliffe going out of tunnel 29 on Winter Park Express.

Amtrak Heritage
Tunnel 29 plays host to Amtrak 5 in classic colors.

BNSF 7869 (ES44DC) waits for a passing westbound BNSF freight and then will proceed eastbound down the mountain on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr has heritage engine 130 (P42DC) on point as it heads towards Tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado.

With a train full of skiers and snowboarders, Amtrak train 1105 - the westbound Winter Park Express - rounds a curve near Pinecliffe, CO on a cold and snowy March 6, 2022.

As the daylight fades on the evening of March 5, 2022, Amtrak train 1106 - the eastbound Winter Park Express - cruises through Pinecliffe, CO.

A pair of GE locomotives bring up the rear of an eastbound manifest train that is seen here crossing South Boulder Creek in Pinecliffe, CO on a cool and foggy March 5, 2022.

A trio of SD70ACe units lead a mixed freight train eastbound through Pinecliffe, CO on a cool and foggy March 5, 2022.

The Winter Park Express runs through Tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado on its way towards the Winter Park Ski Resort.