Running 40 minutes late out of Denver, Amtrak #5 "The California Zephyr" rounds the curve at Pinecliffe as they approach the Highway 72 grade crossing. A parked coal train is sitting int he siding... (more)

Denver to Roper Yard manifest, passing through Pinecliffe, on UP's Moffat Line. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

An empty unit coal train has just passed through Pinecliffe, and is about to enter Rollins Canyon through Tunnel 30. This view from the rocky ridge that necessitated Tunnel 30 is looking northward... (more)

Three BNSF GEs work up the grade through the small town of Pineciffe, CO on this trackage rights manifest from Denver, CO to Provo, UT early in the evening.

A relatively new BNSF ES44C4 leads two more GEs and two more bring up the rear as this Denver, CO to Provo, UT Manifest rounds the curve at Pinecliffe, CO with Highway 72 above the train. This tra... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr emerges from the short Tunnel 29 alongside one of the gnarliest sections of South Boulder Creek.

An empty coal train begins to round the 12-degree horseshoe curve just east of Pinecliffe. The cut behind the train is the site of daylighted Tunnel 28. South Boulder Creek flows in the foregrou... (more)

The lone DPU on the rear of a loaded coal train snakes through the canyon just east of Pinecliffe, about to cross swollen South Boulder Creek.

An eastbound loaded grain train passes Cliff Siding on a beautiful summer morning. The lead unit looks to be in need of a new paint job.

The spinning wheel of a hopper car speeds past on a westbound empty coal train at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 30, 2008.

Eastbound BNSF manifest crosses South Boulder Creek and is heading into Tunnel 29 on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub. Before entering the tunnel, it will go underneath a slightly overhanging cliff right... (more)

With the coal load in the siding, Amtrak #5 "The California Zephyr" rolls on through the small town of Pinecliffe, Colorado on their way west towards Reno, Nevada. After Amtrak clears, this eastbo... (more)

Tight curves—short tunnel—long locomotive
Having just negotiated one of the sharpest curves on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision at 12 degrees, a westbound Union Pacific (Bill Wimmer) p... (more)

With the warm June sun almost directly overhead, I decided 'directly overhead' was a pretty good spot to shoot this westbound UP manifest. In the lead was SP 335, one of the few remaining un-patch... (more)

Two D&RGW GP40-2s have the ski train in tow westward for the climb over to Winter Park on Jan. 5, 1980. Because of tree growth, this photo scene near Pinecliffe, Colo. is no longer possible.