Railfanning is all about luck, and today... luck was definitely on my side. After getting pelted by heavy rain and hail for a few minutes, the sound of the RBBB Circus Train could be heard and the... (more)

Scaling the side of the cliff next to South Boulder Creek a BNSF manifest climbs the 2% grade. The river is dropping much faster than the railroad as the white water below can attest. The left sid... (more)

An empty coal train twists thru the narrow confines of South Boulder Canyon. The train is entering one of the tightest curves on the ex DRGW mainlines at 12 degrees.... This section of railroad is... (more)

Canyoneering Moffat Style.... A westbound climbs up the 2% grade above South Boulder Creek. This location is between Tunnel 27 and Tunnel 29. The scar on the mountainside is daylighted Tunnel 28.... (more)

The crew of an empty westbound coal train greets the conductor on the eastbound coal load they are meeting at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on April 23, 2001. Even though this former Rio Grande line is no... (more)

Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 226 leads an eastbound Union Pacific coal train into Pinecliffe, Colorado, for a meet with a westbound coal empty on a snowy April 23, 2001.

Westbound on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is a light engine move crossing South Boulder Creek at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 28, 2016. Like white frosting on a cake, snow is stil... (more)

Looking high above a small canyon above South Boulder Creek a six unit lite power move from North Yard (Denver) to Ute, Colorado led by UP SD70ACe No. 8592 approaches Pinecliffe on March 28, 2016.

Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 291 leads a westbound Union Pacific coal train out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on a snowy April 23, 2001.

BNSF 9374 leads its train eastbound through Tunnel 29 in Pinecliffe, CO.

Entering the remote Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, is an eastbound Union Pacific coal train threading Tunnel 27 on June 15, 2001. This view looks east down South Boulder Creek and i... (more)

A light snow is still falling and the sun is now out, as a westbound Union Pacific freight curves out of Pinecliffe, toward the end of a spring snowfall in the high country of Colorado on April 12... (more)

California Zephyr #5 rounds the sweeping curve just east of Pinecliffe, CO., AMTK 204 & 130 are leading the way and are about to enter Tunnel 29 on the Moffat route.

Amtrak's California Zephyr rolls eastbound through the curve at Pinecliffe on a frigid and snowy February afternoon.

It's just after sunset as AMTK P42DC No. 170 leads a 42 minute late eastbound California Zephyr as they round a curve before entering Tunnel No. 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado on January 11, 2016. The... (more)