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Thursday, July 25, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Cliff (6,900 ft)
Boulder County, CO
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73 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Amtrak
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Like so many other towns along the rails in Colorado and throughout the United States, the small town of Pinecliffe, CO exists because of the tracks. Indeed, Pinecliffe had its own depot and the Yampa Valley Mail stopped there daily until May 1968. Now, it is just a brief blur out the window for these passengers on the eastbound California Zephyr. The town itself has a whooping population of 23.
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Sunday, January 28, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Cliff (6,900 ft)
Gilpin County, CO
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105 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific
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On the main at Cliff, the tracks cross over South Boulder Creek. UP 7830 and CP 8941 are on the main, leading an eastbound oil train across said bridge. The train is a unit oil train, although you cannot see any tank cars in this shot. The only car visible is a covered hopper, which serves as a buffer car, to protect the power from the oil they are carrying.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
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Kevin Morgan
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Cliff (6,900 ft)
Gilpin County, CO
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203 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Rocky Mountaineer
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The 10-car westbound Rocky Mountaineer crosses CO-72 on the main at Cliff, meeting an eastbound BNSF manifest. The BNSF manifest had asked the dispatcher if it would be possible to meet the Mountaineer further east. However, the dispatcher informed the crew the siding at Crescent is out of service (for reasons not given) and that Plain was "loaded up with maintenance of way equipment". The Mountaineer was at Leyden when the request was made. There was not enough time to make it to Eisele (Clay), so the manifest was stuck here at Cliff for a little over an hour.
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