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Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > outtherecolorado > 03/09/2026 > vote-heres-your-chance-to-help-name-the-front-range-passenger-train

VOTE: Here's your chance to help name the Front Range Passenger Train

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (512+ words) Many public transportation systems around the country have a catchy name than tends to be used rather affectionately by locals " and officials are hoping that will be the case when it comes to the envisioned Front Range Passenger Train, too....

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > denver-gazette > editorial-front-range-rail-is-a-fake-shiny-fantasy > article_0e799935-7dee-4774-946c-526707b56ede. html

EDITORIAL: Front Range rail is a fake shiny fantasy

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (338+ words) Metro Denver voters approved the Fas Tracks plan in 2004, agreeing to fund an expansive rail network including a line from Union Station to Longmont and ambitions for Front Range service from Trinidad to Fort Collins. More than 20 years later, it…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 03/06/2026 > editorial-forget-front-range-rail-colorado-needs-better-roads

EDITORIAL: Forget Front Range rail; Colorado needs better roads

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (468+ words) The fanciful idea of Front Range Passenger Rail continues to be touted at public forums up and down the Front Range. The tour made its latest whistle stop last week at the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center in Colorado Springs....

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 02/28/2026 > front-range-passenger-rail-pitches-to-colorado-springs-ahead-of-possible-ballot-measure

Front Range Passenger Rail pitches to Colorado Springs ahead of possible ballot measure

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (825+ words) If all goes to plan, a measure for a sales tax to fund passenger rail service could be coming to Front Range ballots in 2026. "We have a plan that we think is viable, and we'll actually be able to get…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 04/06/2026 > winning-name-for-future-front-range-passenger-rail-train-announced

Winning name for future Front Range passenger rail train announced

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (570+ words) Coloradans picked "Colorado Connector," or "Co Co," as the name for the future Front Range passenger rail train that is planned to link communities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Plans call for the service to start in 2029, though deals with…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 03/24/2026 > new-colorado-passenger-rail-project-would-cover-old-footprint

New Colorado passenger rail project would cover old footprint

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (822+ words) In 1900, an adventurous tourist could buy one train ticket in Chicago that would take them all the way to the top of Pikes Peak. The first long leg might take them through the Eastern Plains, stopping at towns that owe…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 03/09/2026 > why-colorado-picked-these-4-names-for-its-front-range-train-and-how-you-can-vote-1

Why Colorado picked these 4 names for its Front Range train, and how you can vote

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (518+ words) The Front Range Passenger Rail initiative opened a contest to name the train that could someday traverse between Pueblo and Fort Collins. For the next two weeks, voters will be able to choose from one of four options: Front Range…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 03/08/2026 > steam-steel-and-six-shooters-the-revival-of-americas-great-rail-journey

Steam, Steel, and Six-Shooters: The Revival of America's Great Rail Journey

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (544+ words) Of course, the guns are fake and the bandits just performers, in a scene that feels like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. And it's just part of the experience on the family-friendly Grand Canyon Railway, running every day out…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette. com > 12/10/2025 > manitou-springs-council-plans-diversion-of-cog-railway-reimbursement

Manitou Springs council plans diversion of Cog Railway reimbursement

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (808+ words) The Manitou Springs City Council last week amended its first budget reading, pulling about $690, 000 away from a tax reimbursement agreement with the Pikes Peak Cog Railway to fund wildfire mitigation efforts instead. "We feel like we've been living on borrowed…...

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gazette. com > 01/02/2026 > riding-the-train-in-2026-caboose-cobwebs

Riding the train in 2026 | Caboose Cobwebs - Colorado Springs Gazette

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (230+ words) Here we are in 2026, and the start of the year. What is appropriate? I remember when the big newspapers spent many pages on the year's old news. Well, this column is old news every month, so for fun, let us…...