C olorado state officials and the Union Pacific Railroad reached a tentative agreement on the future of the 100-year-old Moffat Tunnel — and, in the process, set the stage to expand passenger ...

At 9,200 feet, the 6.3 mile-long Moffat Tunnel is the highest railroad tunnel in the United States and the highest point on Amtrak’s national network. It connects Gilpin and Grand counties and is the ...

It will replace the previous 99-year lease on the tunnel. Additionally, the Polis administration and Union Pacific signed a four-month Moffat Tunnel lease extension before the long-term lease ...

At 9,200 feet, the 6.3 mile-long Moffat Tunnel is the highest railroad tunnel in the United States and the highest point on Amtrak’s national network. It connects Gilpin and Grand counties and ...

Colorado officials reached an agreement announced this week allowing Union Pacific Railroad to lease the Moffat Tunnel for another 25 years. Union Pacific has paid Colorado $12,000 a year under a ...

The state of Colorado announced Monday the outlines of a new agreement with Union Pacific that will allow more passenger trains to use the Moffat Tunnel. “This is a big step forward in making ...

Notably, the Moffat Tunnel is the only functioning rail tunnel ... leased to Union Pacific for 99 years which outlined that the railroad service could use the tunnel for $12,000 per year.

The highly relaxing trip took roughly two hours in total. When we went through Moffat Tunnel on the final stretch of the ...