Photo ID: 110286 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 214 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Leaving Cliff behind, UP's MGJNY is about to cross South Boulder Creek and pass through South Boulder creek, entering in to the Upper Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110285 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the time I took this picture, I was surprised the manifest did not take the siding to meet the westbound Zephyr. Only later on did I learn that the Zephyr had in fact been annulled, so the manifest has clear signals the rest of the way down the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109086 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak About 36 miles west of Denver Union Station, the westbound Zephyr is nearly 8,000 feet above sea level as it passes a green signal at the east end of Cliff. The Continental Divide stands tall, still largely covered in snow, to the west. The photography, yours truly, stand high on a rock, watching the Zephyr pass by below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. 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: 107804 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 8, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 1073 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound rounds the curve at the east end of Cliff on a chilly Saturday afternoon. The lighting is pretty decent for the power. The shadowy background (including CO-72) helps to highlight UP 8488 as it makes its way west. 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: 106835 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific A Norfolk Southern ES44AC leads a coal empty west at the east end of Cliff. You may have noticed that one ditch light is brighter than the other...this is because NS (and CSX) have chosen to have oscillating ditch lights when the horn is being blown. The theory being that it increases visibility at grade crossings for cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105713 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 9, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific GE and EMD split the work of shoving on the rear of this Energy mine-bound coal empty. In the distance, a car descends down CO-72 toward Pinecliff. The road takes a shortcut over a lot of the mountainous terrain here, whereas the tracks stick close to South Boulder Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105240 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The grade crossing at Cliff is a nice place shoot trains going east and west. If you happen to have a long lens with you, you can get some pretty dramatic shots, particularly of westbounds coming around the curve and in to view from the east. Such is the case on this Sunday, as a westbound BNSF manifest comes around the curve, horn blaring for the crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105182 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 17, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1656 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This shot at the east end of Cliff is something of a classic in my opinion. It offers a great telephoto view of westbound coming around the curve on the approach to the grade crossing. Due to the blind curve, the crossing gates come down several seconds before the train is even visible. The grade crossing is for CO-72, which you can actually see above the train in the distance, headed east toward the Plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104774 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 2099 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Continental Divide is just visible in the distance as a colorful consist that includes the Western Pacific heritage unit and a KCS Retro Belle lead the MRONY east out of the siding at Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104773 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1858 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern (ALL) This great looking consist just happens to be 75% EMD which, of course, is something of an oddity with GE dominating. That fact is unlikely to change anytime soon. It sounds like GE will have a Tier 4 compliant engine ready by mid-2015 whereas EMD says they won't even have a prototype until 2016 and won't be ready for production until 2017! All new engines must meet Tier 4 EPA emissions standards starting January 1, 2015. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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