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Grand Junction station is a train station in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, that is served by Amtrak 's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. [Note 1] The station is adjacent to the original Denver and Rio Grande Depot. The original depot was built in 1906 ...
The railroad tunnel is 24 feet (7.3 m) high, 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, and 6.2 miles (10.0 km) long. The apex of the tunnel is at 9,239 feet (2,816 m) above sea level. The tunnel has a gradient of 1 in 125 (0.8%). [3] As of 1989, the Moffat was the fourth-longest railroad tunnel in North America.
Pioneer. (train) The Pioneer was an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that ran between Seattle and Chicago via Portland, Boise, Salt Lake City, and Denver. Operating from 1977 to 1997, the Pioneer was the last passenger rail route to serve Wyoming, Southern Idaho, or Eastern Oregon. Rail advocates have been pushing for restoration of the ...
92001190. Added to NRHP. March 1988 [1] The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot is a disused railroad depot and train station listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 119 Pitkin Avenue next to the still-in-use Grand Junction station in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado.
Front Range Passenger Rail is a proposed inter-city passenger train service along the Front Range and broader I-25 corridors in Colorado and Wyoming. Most proposals envision a route from Pueblo north to Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. Extensions north to Cheyenne and south to Trinidad, Albuquerque, and even El Paso have ...
The Glenwood Springs station is a railway station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is served by Amtrak 's California Zephyr, which runs between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area [ 4] and is an overnight stop on Rocky Mountaineer's Rockies To Red Rocks luxury train service between Denver Colorado and Moab Utah.
St. Vrain State Park, formerly known as Barbour Ponds, is a Colorado state park. [2] The park hosts year-round camping. [3] It is a popular birding destination, hosting the states largest rookery of Blue Heron, it is home to several other bird species as well including migrating waterfowl, songbirds and the occasional bald eagle. [4]
Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Previous gauge. 3 ft (914 mm) gauge. The Midland Terminal Railway was a short line terminal railroad running from the Colorado Midland Railway near Divide to Cripple Creek, Colorado. The railroad made its last run in February 1949.