A fierce snow storm pounds the mountains around Pinecliffe, Colorado as UP 3027 (SD70AH-T4) exits Tunnel 29 and heads towards Denver.

Amtrak 139 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the fall colored trees in Pinecliffe, Colorado.

UP 8187 (ES44AC) leads a mixed freight past the colorful aspens at Pinecliffe, Colorado.

A Fall Day in Pinecliffe

Fall colors are subtle in the overcast light on this wet day along the Moffat Road.

On the First Day of Fall, Aspens in Gold

Below me from the steep incline just below CO highway 72 a westbound crawls around the horseshoe at day lighted tunnel 28. In search o... (more)

BNSF Denver to Provo manifest freight exits Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 29, 2007.

Last Train 5 until May

March 29th, 2020 was the last westbound California Zephyr for over a month on Moffat due to a crew shortage from COVID-19. Looking more like the Winter P... (more)

Union Pacific’s MDVRO freight exits Tunnel 27 in the Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on June 15, 2001. Leading the train is UP EMD SD40T-2 No. 8571, formerly Rio Grande No. 5343.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train curves out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on September 4, 2000. The train is arcing through one of the sharpest curves on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, at what I b... (more)

Led by Santa Fe GE C40-8W No. 840, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight curves out of short Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the crystal clear afternoon of February... (more)

Amtrak is rolling through the S turn at tunnel 29 headed for California from Chicago.

Tunnel 29 A westbound coal empty wraps around the 12 degree curve into Tunnel 29. The track then makes a northward turn on a 10 degree curve towards PineCliffe in the upper right of the ph... (more)

Rounding one of the tightest tangents on the Moffat Road over South Boulder Creek and some of the deepest canyons, Union Pacific #2567 leads an oil train past Pinecliffe. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

Fall and Winter in the High Country

Fall color mingles with fresh snow along the picturesque curve over South Boulder Creek east of Tolland, CO. The Great Divide is majesti... (more)

BNSF 7350 is handling tonnage near tunnel 27 in the heart of the tunnel district. Fall color dots the canyon around South Boulder Creek.