Tag: Union Pacific
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Passenger rail advocates push state to connect southern, western Colorado
EAGLE COUNTY • Passengers or petroleum products? That’s one of the key questions being bandied about in a renewed effort to revive part of the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line linking southern Colorado to the state’s Western Slope. As the Polis administration continues to focus almost exclusively on planning for passenger rail in the northern Front…
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Congresswoman seeks answers on Commerce City train derailment
U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo wants answers from BNSF about why a freight train derailed near the active SunCor Refinery in June. The incident happened more than two weeks ago and there’s still little information as to what happened, according to the Thornton Democrat. Caraveo wrote a letter to BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer noting…
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Denver tightens parking regulations on ‘junkers’ and large vehicles on public right of way
The Denver City Council passed a bill updating Denver’s parking enforcement code Monday. District 9 Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca was the only “no” vote, but she said it was not because she disagrees with District 7 Councilman Jolon Clark’s efforts to update the code. The changes will more effectively manage turnover and curbside access in high demand…
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Resistance to Utah oil train railroad racheting up
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was asked to block up to $2 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of an 88-mile-long railway in Utah. Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Rep. Joe Neguse, along with a group of more than 150 environmental organizations, sent a letter to Buttigieg voicing concerns over the…
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Weld County DA dismisses serious charge against officer in Platteville train crash
Prosecutors in Weld County dropped one of the most serious charges against a Ft. Lupton police officer who was involved in a train crash incident where a woman was hit while she was detained in a patrol car. Yareni Rios was first stopped by former Platteville police officer Pablo Vazquez for a reported road rage…
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2 police officers criminally charged in horrific Weld County train collision
Two police officers face charges in a train collision debacle which went viral last month after shocking police body-worn camera video showed the locomotive crashing into a police car with a suspect inside. Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke announced three charges Monday against Fort Lupton police officer Jordan Steinke including criminal attempt to commit…
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‘I had a mishap’: Platteville officer tells supervisor in newly released body cam footage of train collision
A Platteville police officer whose cruiser with a handcuffed suspect in the back seat was struck by an oncoming train said that he didn’t know the woman was inside. That’s according to newly released body worn camera video. “I didn’t know she was in my car,” the officer told investigators on scene immediately after the…
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Rail safety expert “dumbfounded” by police negligence in Weld County train collision
Two minutes of mindful reaction could have stopped the horrifying train collision which happened just north of Platteville nearly two weeks ago, according to a rail safety expert who watched the video and was interviewed about it by The Gazette. That’s the time it took from the moment police opened a police cruiser door and…
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Federal transportation bill could help make Front Range passenger rail a reality
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The long-term vision to bring passenger rail to the Colorado Front Range got a bit more validation Thursday from Amtrak. Amtrak, the quasi-public national rail corporation, identified a new passenger rail line from Cheyenne to…
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Colorado Pacific pledges passenger trains, trails to revive rail traffic on Tennessee Pass Line
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TENNESSEE PASS — A railroad and agricultural company in southeastern Colorado is sweetening the pot in its bid to take over Union Pacific’s inactive Tennessee Pass Line, offering passenger trains and recreational trails to entice mountain communities along the route. Colorado Pacific Railroad, a subsidiary…