Photo ID: 108433 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 2, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is on the main track at Cliff as we get a beautiful view of not only the Zephyr, but also of the great Continental Divide. In just another 20 minutes, the Zephyr will be traveling underneath the divide inside the Moffat Tunnel! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108071 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 657 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With nothing but clear tracks ahead, the Zephyr just crossed CO-72 and is heading west on the main at Cliff. It is a light traffic day today, even by recent Moffat standards, and the Zephyr will get clear signals for the foreseeable future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107993 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 841 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a little unusual to find a trio of Heritage 2 units (and no New Image units) on a train these days. But that was the case on this morning as three C44-9Ws lead BNSF's Provo-Denver, currently tied down in the siding at Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107992 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 787 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Sometime in the pre-dawn hours of the morning, this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest tied down in the siding at Cliff. A fresh crew will need to come up to bring the train the rest of the way in to the yard. The track to the left is the house track at Cliff, used for occasional storage of work cars, or for setting out bad orders. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107952 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 830 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While the drone was in the area for some aerial shots, I was on the ground (of course) with the trusty Canon 7D for shots of the eastbound oil train. Nice to kick off the new year with something a little different. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107951 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific To kick off the new year (and the new decade), we start with a loaded UP oil train at Cliff. Showing up somewhat regularly in 2018, they disappeared for awhile, now two showed up within two days to start 2020. South Boulder Creek gets little light here during the winter, so it is not surprising to find it frozen over. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107384 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1045 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Upon seeing this covered hopper on this BNSF sand train, I started wondering if I might win a prize if I send the picture to BNSF. "Find the pink car, win a prize"! In all seriousness, this was the only car on the train painted in this gumball color. A very interesting car indeed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107383 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound loaded sand train, which will be used for fracking in Utah, approaches the grade crossing at Cliff. With only five units (three on the point and two on the rear), this crazy heavy train is making an average speed of about 10 MPH up the Moffat. The three units on the point are all SD70ACes...music to the ears of this EMD fan! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106919 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Looking down from high above the east end of Cliff, we find a Ferromex ES44AC, a KCS SD70ACe, a pair of BNSFs and a pair of Norfolk Southern units all leading the Provo-Lincoln. The train is about to cross over South Boulder Creek and enter 29, the west end of the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106918 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF With a snow-covered Continental Divide as a backdrop, an eastbound Provo-Lincoln manifest, with six units on the point, depart the east end of Cliff, ready to enter the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106917 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Lincoln has a "rainbow" consist as it rounds the bend toward the east switch of Cliff. This train was at Glenwood Springs at 7:22am...so he made impressive time to be here at Cliff five hours later! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106877 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1081 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Despite being very close in number, these two units are actually very different models. The leader is an ET44AH. The unit is compliant with the Tier-4 emissions requirements put out by the EPA. The second unit is an ES44AC, which is compliant with the Tier-3 emissions requirements in effective up until January 1, 2016. Together they lead an eastbound coal load on the main at Cliff past some "stick track" laying on the ground near the east end of the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106876 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1098 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Right at milepost 37, an eastbound coal train rounds the curve on the main at Cliff. a (relatively) new ET44AH leads the train. I actually shot this exact same coal train a few days earlier when it was empty and on its way west to the mine in West Elk! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106837 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1037 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Even though it is only a quarter past two in the afternoon, the light here in Pinecliff actually is not going to hold out that much longer! A UP ES44AC brings up the tail end of a westbound coal empty. The train passes near the switch stand on the siding that leads to the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106836 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific As a westbound coal empty heads west on the main at Cliff, take note of the pole on the right side of the image. You may also note that there are a few more such poles moving away from the camera. These poles, and the wire between them, are somehow related to PTC. Somewhat ironic that, after technology removed codeline poles, technology is now added some poles back in! These should not be required everywhere...they seem to be needed in mountainous areas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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