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Union Pacific chief safety officer tells Colorado lawmakers railroad has not run a hazard analysis of Uinta Basin oil trains
A train of mostly empty oil tank cars derailed outside Suncor Energy’s oil refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff Colorado Newsline) The Union Pacific railroad’s top…
Fire officials worried about elevated wildfire risk following wet spring, record-setting heat dome
An unusually cool and rainy spring has given way to record-high summer temperatures in parts of Colorado — a trend that has state and federal officials concerned about elevated wildfire…
Senate hears debate on CORE Act, Dolores River bill as Bennet, Hickenlooper seek protections
A view of the Dolores River in Colorado. (Bob Wick/BLM/Public domain 1.0) Two bills that would establish or expand protections for nearly half a million acres of public lands across…
Down the Line: A by-the-numbers look at just how much proposed Utah oil trains would impact Colorado railroads
Oil tanker cars on a train using the Union Pacific tracks along the Colorado River near Cameo in western Colorado (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). This much is clear: The Uinta…
Down the Line: Uinta Basin oil trains would quadruple hazardous rail shipments through city of Denver
A freight train derailed at the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) COAL CREEK, Colo. — As trains heading east from the Moffat…
Down the Line: Colorado River headwaters ground zero for inevitable train derailments, oil spills in local streams
An aerial view of the aftermath of the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. (National Transportation Safety Board) At 88 miles long, with a…
Down the Line: A hard look at how oil train spills would impact canyons of the Colorado River
Passengers on Amtrak’s California Zephyr sit in the sightseer lounge on June 5, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) BURNS, Colo. — Beneath the limestone cliffs, the trunk of a lone, dead…
Down the Line: Difference between God and the railroad? ‘God might answer your prayers’
A flare stack burns at a natural gas facility in Garfield County on May 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) DE BEQUE, Colo. — As they head east out of the…
Down the Line: Utah oil train route would retrace Colorado railroad history through Grand Valley
A coal train crosses the Colorado-Utah border on May 15, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) GRAND VALLEY, Colo. — Five miles due south of the point where Interstate 70 crosses the…
Down the Line: A closer look at the Colorado, local route for Utah’s planned deluge of Uinta Basin, waxy crude oil trains
A train of mostly empty tank cars derailed outside Suncor Energy’s oil refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) A proposal to build a new short-line…