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US Department of Transportation announces $44M for Colorado rail safety projects
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (266+ words) The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel A roughly $5.3 billion U.S Department of Transportation investment in railroad projects announced Aug 14 includes $44 million dedicated to at-grade crossings in the western half of Colorado.In a press release, federal officials said the funds were…...
Dotsero Train Wreck 1909.jpeg
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (138+ words) The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Here's what it looks like when two locomotives smash head-on into each other. This crash near Dotsero in January 1909 killed 26 people. After much deliberation, Governor Jared Polis announced he is commuting Tina Petersâ sentence to…...
Tracking depot history: GJ train depot, 120 years old, opened at historic time in 1906
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1297+ words) Work on the Grand Junction Union Depot was nearing completion in March 1906. It opened to the public a month later. Within a few days of the opening, it began hosting refugees from the San Francisco earthquake. President William Howard Taft…...
Colorado reaches agreement with BNSF for Denver-Fort Collins passenger trains
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (654+ words) An RTD train departs the Westminster light-rail station as Gov. Jared Polis and state energy and transportation officials give an update on the state's climate-action "roadmap" on Feb. 26, 2024. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) Colorado officials say they’ve taken another big step…...
China-North Korea train arrives in Pyongyang after 6-year halt
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (645+ words) People board the K27 train bound for Pyongyang at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing on March 12, 2026 A passenger train left Beijing for Pyongyang, the first between China and North Korea in six years after the service was suspended during the Covid…...
Coloradans can now vote on the name of Front Range Passenger Rail service
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (191+ words) Colorado’s Front Range Passenger Rail District is inviting the public to vote on the planned service’s name, ahead of an anticipated vote in November to fund the long-awaited intercity line. The four finalists for the new service’s name are: Members…...
Model Train enthusiasts leave Cross Orchards
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (812+ words) A dispute over a building use agreement at the Cross Orchards Historic Site has pushed out a model railroad club that’s called the property home for decades. The specific reason for the departure depends on who one asks, but it…...
Grand Junction was to be starting point for speculative Grand Canyon railroad
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (1158+ words) In 1889, a new Colorado company listed an ambitious goal: build a railroad from Grand Junction to Moab, through the Grand Canyon to Yuma, Ariz., then to San Diego and Los Angeles. Led by Denver businessman Frank M. Brown, the principals were…...
This 1970s train carriage turned luxury home can be yours for almost $100K
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (619+ words) The 75-foot train carriage was remodeled into a luxury home for four. (Stannington Pullman via SWNS) Property hunters have the chance to snap up a railway enthusiast's dream home at a bargain price – after a train carriage converted into a…...