Union Station
Denver’s Union Station has been in the news lately as a plan for the old...
View ArticleProposed High-Speed Rail System
The Colorado Department of Transportation is taking public comments on its new Front Range high-speed...
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Railroad Crossing Safety
A recent news story offered a history of recent incidents of rail crashes resulting in...
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Colorado’s Engineering Marvels
From bridges to dams to tunnels and beyond, Colorado has some fine examples of structural...
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Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Railroads
In 1885, there were 2,840.51 miles of railroad track in Colorado. That year, W.B. Felker,...
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Time Machine Tuesday: The Moffat Tunnel
Getting trains through the Rocky Mountains has always been a challenge — steep grades, rocky...
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How Geology Helped Build the Moffat Road
Our library recently received a fascinating new document for our collection that will be of...
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Time Machine Tuesday: The Dotsero Train Wreck
110 years ago today occurred one of the state’s worst train disasters. On January 15,...
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Georgetown Loop Railroad
Looking for a fun activity this summer? The Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park®...
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Time Machine Tuesday: Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Sheer cliffs, deep chasms, and dark shadows make the 2,000-foot-deep Black Canyon of the Gunnison...
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Time Machine Tuesday: The 1920 Denver Tramway Strike
A recent pandemic, economic instability, and protests in downtown Denver. Sound familiar? Only this was...
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Historic Streetcar Systems of Colorado
A century ago, streetcars were used across America as one of the primary modes of...
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