Rio Grande spreader AX-41 plows snow on the main line at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 21, 2003. This major blizzard closed transportation through much of Colorado during the March 17-20 storm. Denver received 31.8 inches, while Coal Creek Canyon got 71.8 inches and Rollinsville 87.5. With Pinecliffe located between the two, it received a whopping 6 to 7 feet of snow! And it was the heavy and wet spring stuff too. The coal hoppers on the right are a portion of a westbound empty that never made it beyond Pinecliffe during the storm, and is cut for the Highway 72 crossing and now has to be dug out.
