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The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. Named after Colorado railroad pioneer David Moffat , the tunnel's first official railroad traffic passed through in February 1928.
This is a route-map template for the Moffat Tunnel, a Union Pacific railway tunnel in Colorado.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is a route-map template for the Moffat Tunnel Route, a Union Pacific railway line in Colorado.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Moffat Tunnel is 100 years old and 6.2 miles long. It cuts through the Continental Divide at 9,239 feet above sea level. ... "Colorado built the Moffat Tunnel almost 100 years ago to connect ...
The railroad departs the main stem of the Colorado river to follow the Fraser River, one of its tributaries until reaching the crest of the Rocky Mountains which is surmounted via the Moffat Tunnel. With the decommissioning of the route over Tennessee Pass, the Moffat Tunnel is the highest point on the Union Pacific system. [4]
The Moffat Tunnel Improvement District was an independent entity of the State of Colorado (USA) created to build and manage the Moffat Tunnel, a railroad and water tunnel under James Peak and Rollins Pass.
When we went through Moffat Tunnel on the final stretch of the journey, an Amtrak employee told us it was time to put on our ski gear because we were just minutes away from Winter Park Resort.
The Moffat Tunnel eliminated 10,800 degrees of curvature along the Rollins Pass route. [186] Several locations for the Moffat Tunnel were scouted prior to the selection of the present-day location; one possible location was identified at high altitude between Yankee Doodle Lake and the Forest Lakes. [187] Plans to build a longer tunnel at a ...