The Denver Post

Front Range passenger rail: Colorado gets $66 million to expand railways, boost freight safety

Colorado has received a federal infusion of $66.4 million in transportation funds to boost freight train safety and enable expansion along rail corridors northwest of Denver, setting up opportunities ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado lands $66 million federal grant that officials say will ‘turbocharge’ Front Range rail

The federal government will give Colorado $66 million to upgrade part of a freight rail line between Denver and Longmont that state officials hope will someday soon hold passengers as well. The grant, ...
The Denver Post

It’s been decades since Colorado had inter-city train service. That’s about to change

Diesel-powered trains will thunder west from Denver through the Continental Divide to Granby starting late next year, marking the first stage in a multi-year effort to launch inter-city passenger rail ...
abc27

2 freight trains collided in Colorado, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring 2 crew

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two freight trains collided and derailed in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday night, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members, according to police. The Boulder ...
Colorado Public Radio

Where does all the coal traveling next to I-25 go?

For nearly two decades, Bob Cone has wondered about the seemingly endless stream of coal trains he hears near his home in Larkspur. They amble southbound near Interstate 25, and he falls asleep to ...