Great Northern inaugurated the Red River connecting Grand Forks, N.Dak., and points east on June 25, 1950, as a four-car train. This view shows the spotless new coffee shop in the train’s observation car. Great Northern photo […]
Red River revealed
Zone & Region: Mountain West
Regulators toss out effort to force UP to sell Tennessee Pass line
WASHINGTON – The Surface Transportation Board has rejected real estate moguls’ effort to force Union Pacific to sell its mothballed Tennessee Pass line in Colorado. But the board’s ruling leaves open the possibility that KCVN and Colorado Pacific, which proposed buying the Tennessee Pass line and restoring it to service to haul agricultural and mining […]
Union Pacific’s Tennessee Pass could become short cut for Utah crude oil NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has been negotiating a sale of its dormant Tennessee Pass route with Rio Grande Pacific, the short line holding company that would operate a new railroad proposed to haul heavy crude oil out of Utah’s Uinta Basin. The information was accidentally disclosed in a filing posted briefly to the Surface Transportation […]
Union Pacific opposes firm’s plan to revive Tennessee Pass route NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Union Pacific says federal regulators should not allow a firm controlled by New York City real estate magnates to poach its long-dormant route over Tennessee Pass using a legal maneuver designed to preserve rail service. UP will formally oppose KCVN LLC and Colorado Pacific Railroad LLC’s plan to acquire the 228-mile former Denver […]
San Francisco Zephyr
New EMD F40PH diesels lead the westbound San Francisco Zephyr east of Denver in June 1981. Amtrak acquired more than 200 such locomotives in multiple batches. Bob Johnston photo […]
‘Royal Gorge’ in the Royal Gorge
Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Royal Gorge, powered by an A-B-B-A set of EMD FT’s, makes its customary 10-minute stop in its namesake canyon so its passengers can take in the place’s natural beauty. DRGW photo […]
Real estate moguls seek to pry Tennessee Pass line away from Union Pacific NEWSWIRE
Tennessee Pass proposal Surface Transportation Board filing WASHINGTON — A firm controlled by billionaire New York City real estate magnates has asked the Surface Transportation Board to order Union Pacific to sell its 228-mile Tennessee Pass route so that the historic Colorado line can be reactivated. KCVN LLC and its subsidiary, Colorado Pacific Railroad LLC, […]
Montana Rail Link announces executive promotions NEWSWIRE
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Rail Link is pleased to announce that effective today, Joe Racicot, Jim Lewis and Ross Lane have been promoted to Vice President. Joe Racicot previously served as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, and has been promoted to Vice President, Administration and General Counsel. Jim Lewis previously served as Chief Sales […]
Tests continue on first Durango & Silverton oil-burner; second conversion to begin (updated)
DURANGO, Colo. — Just days after releasing a newly restored K-37 2-8-2 locomotive that has been converted to burn oil instead of coal, shop crews at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are starting to convert another 3-foot gauge steam locomotive. On Jan. 24, the D&SNG fired up No. 493, one of the largest […]
Colorado museum says Rio Grande Southern locomotive will run in 2020 NEWSWIRE
Rio Grande Southern No. 20, its restoration continuing, shares the roundhouse with operational Rio Grande 2-8-2 No. 491 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in June 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn GOLDEN, Colo. — After more than a decade of work, officials with the Colorado Railroad Museum say that the restoration of Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. […]
Colorado company airs plans to build Denver-Longmont commuter rail line NEWSWIRE
A Denver RTD A Line commuter train heads toward the city from Denver International Airport. A private company is proposing to build a commuter rail line to Longmont, Colo., rather than waiting for the RTD to do. TRAINS: David Lassen LOUISVILLE, Colo. — A private company’s pitch to build a long-delayed commuter rail line from […]
Cumbres & Toltec announces schedule for 19th-century locomotive event NEWSWIRE
Privately-owned 4-4-0 Eureka from Nevada will guest star at Cumbres & Toltec’s 50th anniversary celebration. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHAMA, N.M. — Four narrow gauge locomotives built in the 19th century will take center stage at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad this August for what will likely be one of the highlights of the year […]
