With the mercury sitting just above twenty degrees Fahrenheit and the wind gust feeling like needles poking any exposed skin; all that didn't matter for a few minutes as the sound of dynamic brake... (more)

A westbound Potash empty skirts South Boulder Creek. The head-end is exiting the canyon on a tight 10 degree curve, while the cars east of Tunnel 29 round a 12 degree horseshoe. All these curves c... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train leaves Pinecliffe, Colorado, on September 20, 2001. The locomotive is lead by EMD SD9043MAC No. 8042 followed by a pair of GE AC4400CWs, Nos. 6538 and 6756.

An eastbound BNSF trackage rights train approaches Pinecliffe running parallel to CO 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road.

The fog has settled in as Union Pacific SD70AH No. 1943 leads an eastbound "Executive Special" out of the siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado after going through a Form B for a bridge replace... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal empty crawls out of the west end of the “Tunnel District” passing the sight of daylighted Tunnel 28 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on September 15, 2018.

An eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight curves out of Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 15, 2018.

A BNSF trackage rights westbound freight is almost through the tunnel district as it starts on the 12-degree horseshoe curve just east of Pinecliffe. The curve is the sharpest east of the Moffat T... (more)

On a late spring day in Colorado, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr zips through Tunnel 29 and crosses South Boulder Creek just east of Pinecliffe on the morning of May 25, 2017.

A westbound Union Pacific empty coal train works its way upgrade thru Tunnel 29. The train is approaching Pinecliffe, Colorado. The train has been steadily climbing along South Boulder Creek sin... (more)

A pair of BNSF "Heritage 1" painted C44-9W's lead another Dash 9 on the Provo-Lincoln manifest train down the 2-percent grade in Pinecliffe, Colorado on May 21, 2018.

7 motors head a empty coal train towards the West Slope to load coal. This Union Pacific empty is moving the power for the return loaded trip all on head-end in the same manor the Rio Grande did f... (more)

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5401 is on the point of Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City manifest Freight on April 2, 2001. It is working its way past the east end of Cliff... (more)

A BNSF manifest climbs upgrade westbound out of Tunnel 26. The train is threading its way along the 2% grade that hugs South Boulder Creek. The heavy train has 5 locomotives... A colorful group ... (more)

The Thunder Rolls! A westbound BNSF manifest screams west thru Tunnel 29, as a rare quick moving morning thunderstorm moves on my position... The front of the train twists into a 10 degree... (more)