Colorado has finalized a landmark agreement with Union Pacific Railroad that modernizes a century-old lease for the Moffat Tunnel, setting the stage for expanded mountain passenger rail service and ...

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 ...

The sight of a passenger train or coal train rumbling through the west end of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park Resort is a welcome sight for many. Built in 1927 to cut through the Continental Divide, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel near Tolland is pictured on June 26, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) Colorado will ...

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, ...

The railroad, which is negotiating with the state to renew its lease to run trains through the Moffat Tunnel — a $12,000-a-year, 99-year deal that expires on Jan. 6, 2025 — has a history of wastewater ...