Train tracks near Drake Road in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado took one of its most concrete steps toward building a regional passenger rail line on Wednesday after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill creating a powerful government body charged with carrying out the project. The bill, SB21-238, doesn’t put any money toward the effort. Instead, it establishes the Front Range Passenger Rail District, an independent entity with the herculean task of “planning, designing, developing, financing, constructing, operating and maintaining” a passenger rail system through the region. Speaking at a 130-year-old train station in Pueblo, Polis said he was “thrilled” to sign the bill and begin delivering on his administration’s promise to expand rail service in the state.