Nearly 100 years after it was first negotiated, a new contract for rail use of the Moffat Tunnel is likely to be announced in the coming weeks. The Moffat Tunnel, which connects Gilpin and Grand ...

As Colorado lawmakers this month prepare to do something that Congress has been incapable of for more than a year — debate meaningful rail-safety legislation — Union Pacific, state regulators and ...

Colorado will be able to run a passenger rail service between Denver and Craig for the next 25 years without paying a fee for use of the tracks under a newly agreed upon deal between the state and ...

HISTORY COLORADO - On February 26, 1928, traveling between eastern and western Colorado became easier. The Moffat Tunnel, a 6.2-mile railroad tunnel that passes under the Continental Divide, ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A new agreement between the State of Colorado and the Union Pacific that will allow more passenger trains to use the Moffat Tunnel was announced on Monday, Dec. 22nd.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado state officials and the Union Pacific Railroad reached a tentative agreement on the future of the 100-year-old Moffat Tunnel — and, in the process, ...

Colorado will continue to lease a crucial piece of state-owned infrastructure to the Union Pacific railroad for the next 25 years in exchange for help with its plans to expand passenger rail service ...

Thousands of passengers on Amtrak trains have been detoured due to a rock slide near the Moffat Tunnel on Sunday. The detours are projected to continue until Monday. “Crews are removing any loose or ...

Of the 232 miles of line operated by the Denver & Salt Lake Railway Co., six are important. These are the six miles of the famed Moffat tunnel, which pierces James Peak, 50 miles west of Denver.* It ...

As Colorado lawmakers this month prepare to do something that Congress has been incapable of for more than a year — debate meaningful rail-safety legislation — Union Pacific, state regulators and ...