*Oil symbols can also change and vary at times. *All coal trains are not daily and expect to see probably two to four coal trains on any given day. Manifests: MNYRO, MRONY, MNYPH, MPHNY, MNYGJ, MGJNYĬoal Trains: CEYPS, CPSEY, CEYVL, CVLEY, CEYCM, CCMEY, CEYKH, CKHEY, CWECC, CCCWE, CWEAO, CAOWE, CWEHM, CHMWE, CWEMS, CMSWE, CWEDH, CDHWE In 1947, the D&SL was absorbed into the D&RGW, which gave the railroad access from Denver to Craig. The Dotsero Cutoff completed the east-west connection between Denver and Salt Lake City. In 1932, the D&RGW began construction of a connection east of Glenwood Springs at Dotsero to a location near Bond called Orestod (Dotsero spelled backwards). By 1931, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad acquired the Denver & Salt Lake Western Railroad, a subsidiary of the D&SL, which had gained rights to build a 40-mile rail line connection between the two railroads, and the D&RGW gained trackage rights between Denver and the new cutoff. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad was recognized as the Denver & Salt Lake Railway in 1926.
The 6.2-mile long tunnel reached its “apex” at an elevation of 9,239 ft, and the route through the Moffat Tunnel had cut the travel distance by 16.8 miles. Construction of the tunnel began in 1923 and was completed in 1927 by the D&SL. Since the railroad could not handle the harsh winters, the construction of a tunnel underneath the continental divide was started. Severe winters plagued Rollins Pass over the years, causing many closures. The route was only half the distance to Salt Lake City, and the D&NWP had cost Moffat $75,000 a mile and Rollins Pass his entire fortune, for a total of $14 million. By the year 1913, the tracks from Steamboat Springs reached Craig, Colorado, the terminus for the D&SL. The DNW&P was placed into receivership on May 2 nd, 1912, and on April 30, 1913, the railroad was reformed as the Denver & Salt Lake Railway (D&SL) the railroad did go bankrupt before reaching Salt Lake City. From there, the line went northwest and eventually reached the town of Steamboat Springs by the winter of 1909.ĭavid Moffat passed away on Maat the age of 73 in the state of New York. The railroad continued west through scenic Gore Canyon on towards State Bridge. From there, the route continued west through small towns such as Tabernash, Granby, and onto Kremmling by 1906. In 1905, the rail line was completed to the town of Fraser down the grade on the west end. By the winter of 1904, the railroad reached Arrow. However, the struggles of building the line west were not over yet.Īfter reaching a point west of Tolland by 1903, the route had to be built over Rollins Pass, at an elevation of 11,680 ft, making it the highest railroad in North America, with grades up to 4%. To reach the village of Tolland, 40 miles west of Denver, 33 tunnels were bored. Following the Front Range Foothills, the line snaked west just south of Boulder, near Eldorado Springs. He laid out a very efficient route to gain such altitude, parts of which are still used today, such as the Big Ten Curve. The railroad had to gain over 4,000 feet in just 50 miles with a grade of no more than 2%, a challenge for Chief Engineer H.A. Sumner. Moffat began construction of the route west out of Denver on December 18, 1902. Moffat Route Terrain Map – West Denver Metro to Winter Park – Click to Enlarge Beginning in 1902, David Moffat and his associates established the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (DNW&P) to address the issue of Denver having been bypassed by both the UP in Cheyenne and the D&RG in Pueblo. However, David had a problem: the Rocky Mountains were in the way.īy 1887, Moffat was elected president of the Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG), which built a route from Pueblo to Grand Junction via Tennessee Pass. Having built several rail lines for a few railroads such as the Denver Pacific Railway (DP) and the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway (DSP&P), he wanted to connect Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah by rail. David Halliday Moffat, one of Denver’s most important financiers and industrialists, had a vision. The city of Denver was bypassed by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) through Cheyenne, Wyoming from Omaha, Nebraska, 100 miles to the north. In the 1800’s, Colorado was pretty much a “gold” mine for settlers traveling west. Tolland, Colorado History of the Moffat Road
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