2013年11月5日 · If you're a Colorado railfan, you know that the vast majority of rail traffic through this state consists of unit coal trains. The purpose of this web site is to document the various coal trains that pass through this state.

2010年3月20日 · On the Colorado Joint Line and BNSF's Brush Subdivision, coal trains can be up to 130 cars in length. For the UP lines in Colorado, typical train lengths are between 100 and 110 cars on the Moffat Route and 115 to120 cars on other routes.

2013年11月5日 · For each coal car owner I've compiled the coal car series, types, sizes, and build data. The cars listed here operate (d) regularly in unit trains within the state of Colorado. I have only compiled information for utility owners, lessors, and coal suppliers.

Over the years I’ve photographed coal trains at a number of locations around Colorado. From the 1970s onward, coal trains were the dominant type found, especially after the UP/SP merger of 1996– after which UP re-routed most manifest freight between Denver and Salt Lake onto the Overland route in Wyoming.

The Colorado Joint Line is a railway corridor in Colorado running north-south between Denver and Pueblo. Presently the tracks are owned by the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad and operated jointly.

2020年6月9日 · In Colorado there existed a pair of such operations that many of us found interesting– the trains of the Colorado Springs Department of Utilities (reporting mark CSUX) and of Public Service Company of Colorado (reporting mark PSCX).

Since Erie was the center of coal production at the time, the new railroad built a spur from the mainline in Brighton west to Erie, and the first coal trains starting rolling over the Denver and Boulder Valley Railroad by 1871.

2025年1月8日 · Take a step into the past and board one of Colorado’s scenic train rides to see sights only reachable by rail. Carve through mountain gorges and find yourself hugging jagged cliffs on narrow gauge rails or traversing the banks of …

Founded in 1899, the Colorado and Wyoming Railway is a former Class I railroad (reporting mark CW) and is now a subsidiary of the Evraz North America. It hauls coal, ore and steel products on about five miles of track inside ERVAZ - Pueblo, CO Steel Mills facility (formerly Colorado Fuel and Iron's Minnequa plant) in Pueblo, Colorado, and ...

It would provide Colorado with a unique tourism experience—a beautiful train ride that would allow visitors options for arriving at their destination without a car. It would support the state’s commitment for a “just transition” for the coal-impacted communities of Craig and Hayden.