The sun has finally come out on this cold December morning as UP 5328 leads an eastbound coal load into Tunnel 29 near Cliff Siding on the UP Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on December 15th, 2018.

Amtrak's #5 banks into the tight 10 degree curve at Pinecliffe, CO following South Boulder Creek. Its head end is exiting Tunnel 29 while the tail end passes through the day-lighted Tunnel 28.

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr approaches Tunnel 29 and the small community of Pinecliffe at just over 8,000 ft as it winds through the tightest curve on the Moffat Road at 12 degrees. #5 ha... (more)

DRGW 5771 leads the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr at Pinecliff, CO, on Mar 26, 1983.

Part II Sand Train. An hour after this train passed through Coal Creek Canyon the westbound sand train crawled past the site of former Tunnel 28 on its journey towards the Continental Divi... (more)

After replacing the wooden bridge over South Boulder Creek with a more modern concrete panel bridge, the Ohio Crane that lifted the panels waits for a ride back to Denver.

DRGW 5771 nearing Pinecliff, CO, on June 24, 1978.

DRGW 5348 leads westbound train #183 at Pinecliffe, CO, on Jun 24, 1978.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr cruises through Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the morning of May 25, 1998, powered by a pair of GE P42DCs and a GE P32BWH.

With Amtrak #6 in the hole just ahead at Cliff, a heavy BNSF frac sand train crawls past the site of former tunnel 28 and into the tightest curve on the Moffat Road before diving into tunnel 29. G... (more)

A UP Grand Junction,CO - Denver,CO manifest prepares to duck into tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe.

On June 16, 2001, a summertime run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train passes through 75-foot Tunnel 29 westbound just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s scenic former Rio Grande Mof... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr emerges from the shadowed 75-foot bore of Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 15, 2018.

Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 239 leads an eastbound Union Pacific coal train through the snow approaching the west switch of Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on April 23, 1999.

BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 8907 leads a westbound freight at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on January 31, 2012.