What a wonderful trip back in time. Loved seeing all of the “fallen flag” engines and cars; especially C&NW, SP, D&RGW, etc. Truly appreciate all of the efforts put into producing the video!
I wish the Tennessee Pass rail line is back online for freight and passenger service as a detour when the Moffat route is closed for repairs and avoid the freight traffic in Southern Wyoming. More views in Colorado by train is better than one route between Denver and Glenwood Springs on the Moffat line. I hope people will help create the funds to restore and upgrade the Tennessee Pass Line between Dotsero and Canyon City.
@@RailwayProductions That's right. The plans to revive this rail line between Pueblo and Dotsero, Colorado, are still alive, but what version it will be is in question. The Colorado Pacific Railroad wants to lease the route to move agriculture product, while the Rio Grande Pacific has plans for a line that would carry both freight and passengers. It is still unclear if the Rio Grande Pacific plan will include the transport of oil. Union Pacific is supporting the Rio Grande Pacific version to develop service on the Tennessee Pass Line to move freight and passengers. It has agreed to lease the line to Rio and insists it is not negotiating with other companies. However, the Rio Grande Pacific is facing a lawsuit involving the Uinta Basin Railway project in Utah. Already approved by the Surface Transportation Board, the project could transport up to 350,000 barrels of waxy crude oil on Union Pacific’s Moffat Line, which is active, through Dotsero in western Eagle County and along the Colorado River en route to Denver and Gulf Coast refineries. Eagle County and other environmental groups filed the lawsuit. The question is would the transport of oil happen on the Tennessee Pass Line? Rio Grande Pacific officials insist it would not use Tennessee Pass to move oil. In fact, Rio Grande Pacific recently amended its lease with Union Pacific to exclude the presence of hazardous materials on the Tennessee Pass Line. Eagle County officials claim they have not heard from Rio Grande Pacific in months regarding the project, and Chaffee County (Colo.) commissioners wonder if the crude oil would be included under the hazardous material definition. The STB (Surface Transportation Board) rejected an expedited deal by the Colorado Midland & Pacific, which is working with the Rio Grande, to lease the Tennessee Pass Line. The Colorado Pacific Railroad said if the STB grants a lease request involving Colorado Midland & Pacific and Union Pacific it will not eliminate the underlying issue of whether crude oil, coal, or hazardous commodities traverse the line “because Union Pacific is the underlying owner of the rail and it cannot refuse to transport those commodities if someone makes a reasonable request for service.” Colorado Pacific wants the Tennessee Pass to serve as a viable alternative to Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel route for freight traffic. The company also offered a daily roundtrip passenger service between Pueblo and Minturn, Colorado, but does not believe there is enough population to support such a move and pulled the idea.
@@MJMRU-vidr Wait a minute, Matthew. Jack Williams told me that the process of the Tennessee Pass line being revived is already underway. It turned out that the line through the Moffat Tunnel can't handle anymore of the increasing traffic and the officials have decided to re-open Tennessee Pass.
Drove through there during the same time period. Beautiful scenery but a lot of people upset about loss of jobs. Some railroad business hopefuls still trying to reopen it versus a lot of NIMBY complaints. Royal Gorge Scenic runs from Canon City to Parkdale roundtrip and is a very nice train to ride.
In this presentation there is only one passenger train! And it’s Amtrak’s California Zephyr going to grand junction and back to Denver but the Royal gorge scene there is no passsenger train excursion scene in this presentation also
That’s because the excursion train didn’t exist when this was filmed. The excursion train came about after the line was put out of service to through freight trains.
