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Amid media ‘frenzy’, I-70 truck by train backer touts plan at Denver rail show
ROLA’s truck by train rail solution in Austria in 2019 (photo courtesy of ROLA blog). Retired Amtrak conductor Brad Swartzwelter has achieved minor celebrity since a story on his truck…
Conductor who revived ski train wants to fix I-70 for snow riders with truck-by-train rail bridge
Brad Swartzwelter during his working days as conductor of the Winter Park Express Ski Train (courtesy photo). The longtime Amtrak train conductor credited with crafting a business plan that helped…
The O. Zone: Riding that train, high on disdain for Trump’s treatment of Ukraine
Glenwood Canyon from the California Zephyr on Monday (David O. Williams photo). A little over seven months ago I was at my mom’s house in Birch Bay, Washington, when I wrote…
Rail advocates push for passenger line to southeast, west of Eagle County Airport
Passengers or petroleum products? That’s one of the key questions being bandied about in a renewed effort to revive part of the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line linking southern Colorado…
The O. Zone: Quick hits on pavement paralysis, powder in paradise, patrollers
O. in the zone on Seldom at Vail on Saturday (KKW iPhone pic). Once in a while I do a bullet points O. Zone to highlight a bunch of things…
Winter Park Express starts expanded ski-train service for the season
The Colorado Department of Transportation CDOT) on Thursday issued the following press release on the seasonal start of Winter Park Express ski train service to Vail competitor Winter Park that…
Vail digs deep, diversifies in search of clean-energy solutions to combat climate change
Holy Cross Energy CEO Bryan Hannegan, left, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, center, and Vail Mayor Travis Coggin at a geothermal event in Vail last summer (David O. Williams photo). Editor’s…
State, Union Pacific strike new deal for Moffat Tunnel putting passengers first
The state of Colorado on Monday announced a new 25-year lease deal with Union Pacific Railroad for the state-owned Moffat Tunnel connecting the state’s Front Range with the Western Slope.…
Could Eagle County oil-train case wind up tied 4-4 with rare SCOTUS recusal?
With thousands of pages of briefs filed and two hours of oral argument completed on Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court declared the case known as…
The O. Zone: OilTrain vs. SunTrain, who you got? Supreme Court set to tip the scales
Union Pacific’s service map shows a very clear path for Utah oil trains through Salt Lake City, Ogden, Wyoming (Overland Route) and then Denver rather than right along the Colorado…