The 2022 National Garden Railway Convention saw a grandfather and grandson take home prizes in a modeling contest. Here’s a report from the former: I attended the 2022 National Garden Railway Convention in Denver in June with my son and his family. Both me and my grandson entered models in the convention’s contest this year. […]
DENVER—In what will most likely be its sole trip of 2022, Union Pacific No. 4014 — Big Boy — is attracting large crowds during a three-day excursion between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Denver. The proceeds from Sunday’s ticketed excursion will support the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Leading a 12-car train, including an […]
WINTER PARK, Colo. — A track closure for Moffat Tunnel repairs this week is causing cancellation on part of the route for California Zephyrs departing Wednesday, July 27, from Chicago and Emeryville, Calif. Amtrak travelers with reservations on those trains that include the Denver-Salt Lake City segment were notified Sunday that the train was cancelled […]
The Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a model of one of EMD’s diesels that put steam out to pasture. Watch this highly detailed O gauge engine in action as it pulls freight cars around the City Terminal & Transfer layout! Check out the features that make it a hi-railer’s dream. […]
The Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a model of one of EMD’s diesels that put steam out to pasture. Watch this highly detailed O gauge engine in action as it pulls freight cars around the City Terminal & Transfer layout! Check out the features that make it a hi-railer’s dream. […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific has released details of its excursion later this month with Big Boy No. 4014. In a message to members of its Steam Club, the Railroad says the 4-8-8-4 will depart Cheyenne for Denver on Thursday, July 28, at 10 a.m., with an intermediate stop in Greeley, Colo. The locomotive will […]
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah state judge has dismissed a suit seeking to block state funding for the Uinta Basin Railway project, finding nothing improper in use of the funds. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Third District Judge Adam Mow concluded the $28 million in grants ticketed for the rail project from the Utah […]
MISSOULA, Mont. — The agency seeking to revive Amtrak service through southern Montana has added a significant new member — the state’s Department of Transportation. The Missoula Current reports that the department has joined the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority as an ex officio member, a move described by authority Chairman Dave Strohmaier as “a […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The owner of a now-defunct railcar repair company has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, and he and the company have been fined for wire fraud and endangering employees at the facility. John Eldon Rimmasch, 47, of Cheyenne, was sentenced in a July 5 hearing by Federal District Court Judge Alan […]
OGDEN, Utah — A U.S. Forest Service review has upheld a decision granting right-of-way to a portion of the Uinta Basin Railway project, the last major regulatory barrier to the proposed 85-mile line to serve oilfields in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports several environmental groups had challenged the Forest Service’s decision to approve the […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The planned Pacific Northwest tour of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 is off for 2022, the railroad announced in a Thursday afternoon email to members of its Steam Club. But the locomotive will make an outing to Denver later this month to pull an excursion benefitting the Union Pacific Museum. The […]
DENVER — Recognizing the pivotal role of railroad’s in the state’s history — and rewarding an effort spearheaded by the Colorado Railroad Museum — Gov. Jared Polis has declared June 19-26 to be Colorado Rail Heritage Week. The week includes the anniversary of the first train to arrive in Denver, on June 24, 1870, as […]
