Photo ID: 110993 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42DCs in Phase 5 paint lead the evening Zephyr across the grade crossing in Cliff. The train is 45 minutes late as it rolls through the small town of Cliff. Rumor has it the State of Colorado hopes to expand rail service, potentially reinstituting some depots in small mountain towns such as Pinecliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110992 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil train...the third overall of the afternoon...is sitting in the siding at Cliff waiting for the afternoon Zephyr. The Zephyr is running about an hour late and is not too far west of Cliff as of this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110991 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single C44ACM, sporting UP's newest paint scheme, brings up the rear of this westbound unit oil train. The train is going into the siding at Cliff to meet the eastbound Zephyr. A multitude of power lines crisscross, supplying electricity to the handful of residents that live in Pinecliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110977 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound oil train approaches the grade crossing at Cliff. This time of year, snowpack throughout the Rockies is essentially at its lowest. Save for just a few small patches, the Continental Divide is completely free of snow off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110845 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After developing some air issues that caused the train to go into emergency in the Moffat Tunnel, BNSF's Provo-Lincoln manifest tied down in the siding at Cliff as the crew was getting short on time. Meanwhile, an eastbound UP manifest overtakes the manifest on the main. Note the two smiley faces drawn into the dirt on the nose of UP 6570. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110772 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110771 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This evening's eastbound Zephyr rolls along South Boulder Creek on the main at Cliff. CO-72 is on the far side of the tracks, going over the hill that the train can bypass. The third track in the scene, furthest from the Zephyr, is the house track at Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110202 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109468 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF coal load is stopped in the siding at Cliff and will be waiting here for the next 90 minutes or so, waiting for the eastbound Zephyr which is currently between Granby and Winter Park. The dispatcher did not want to risk trying to get the train up to Rollins ahead of Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109462 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound empty UP oil train takes the siding to meet with a unit covered hopper train that is holding on the main. Neither train would ultimately hold here at Cliff; both continuing on toward their destinations. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109460 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of UP units leads a short eastbound MGJNY across South Boulder Creek on the main at Cliff. In a few more weeks, fall colors should be in full effect here. This would end up being one of my personal favorite shots of the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109440 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest is westbound on the main at Cliff, running alongside the (empty) siding, and the house track. The house track has a pair of empty flat cars sitting on it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109043 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108317 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About halfway through Cliff on the main track, this BNSF Provo-Denver is rolling on clear signals alongside South Boulder Creek amidst a rapidly setting July sun. 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.

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