A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train treads some of the most famous tracks outside of the mountains in Colorado: street running in Fort Collins. Behind the locomotive are 26 cars of sugar beets for Loveland, Colo. Jim Ehernberger photo […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Surface Transportation Board has initiated an environmental assessment of a proposed rail line to connect Utah’s Uinta Basin with the national network in what could become one of the largest railroad-building projects in a generation. The Uinta Basin Railway would connect South Myton Bench and Leland Bench, Utah with the […]
Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 on a test run in Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 2, 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Q: How were the Big Boys originally delivered to Union Pacific? — David Kuntz, Salt Lake City A: The exact original routings of the Big Boys have been lost to history, but we have […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route fills 58 x 68 feet with scenes of railroading in the 1950s through southern Arizona and California. The model railroad features many prototype based scenes, including Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. See passenger and freight trains in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route fills 58 x 68 feet with scenes of railroading in the 1950s through southern Arizona and California. The model railroad features many prototype based scenes, including Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. See passenger and freight trains in […]
Rotary OY rests at Chama, N.M., in August 2018. The railroad expects to run the plow, and offer a limited number of tickets to the event, in early 2020. Jim Wrinn CHAMA, N.M. – The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will be moving it 3-foot-gauge rotary snow plow from Chama, N.M. to Antonito, Colo. for […]
On May 25, 2019, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad opened its season with doubleheaders, departing from Chama, N.M., and Antonito, Colo. The 64-mile route goes through the scenic Toltec Gorge and climbs the 10,000-foot Cumbres Pass. It is one of the most beautiful scenic railroads in the United States as voted by the 2018 […]
DENVER — Colorado officials are soliciting proposals to study the feasibility of rail passenger service along the Front Range with a 173-mile corridor from Pueblo to Fort Collins. The request from the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, along with the Colorado Department of Transportation, has issued the request for proposals to study […]
An outbound Denver RTD Southeast Rail Line light rail train meets an inbound train at the Denver University station in 2018. The extension of the Southeast line from the Lincoln station to three stations in Lone Tree, Colo., opened on Friday. TRAINS: David Lassen LONE TREE, Colo. — Denver’s Regional Transportation District has opened a […]
UP steam program manager Ed Dickens hammers home wood blocking to rerail No. 4014. The locomotive derailed Thursday afternoon in the Rawlins, Wyo., yard. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn The UP steam crew walks No. 4014’s two derailed drivers back onto the rail at Rawlins, Wyo. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn RAWLINS, Wyo. — The world’s largest operating steam […]
PALISADE, Colo. – A speeding car careened off a road and crashed into the Mammoth Locomotive Works, starting a devastating fire and killing the driver of the car. A full-size replica of a Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive under construction sustained minor damage, although much of the shop’s machinery was extensively damaged by fire and […]
A Geep and a heavyweight office car went on the ground at Heber City, Utah, on Saturday as a chartered train carrying four railroad historical societies derailed as it left the station. Justin Strickland HEBER CITY, Utah — A special train carrying hundreds of railfans attending four historical society conventions in the Salt Lake City […]
