UPDATE: Rio Grande Pacific to Lease Tennessee Pass Route
Photo by Jeff Simley. Updated: Thursday, Dec. 31, 3:50 p.m. EST By Justin Franz EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Rio Grande Pacific has announced that it has entered into a commercial agreement with Union Pacific to lease the iconic Tennessee Pass route through Colorado. The former Denver & Rio Grande Western route over the Continental Divide in central Colorado has sat dormant for nearly a quarter-century and has long been considered one of the most iconic pieces of mountain railroad in the American West. According to a press release, Rio Grande Pacific subsidiary, Colorado Midland & Pacific Railwa...
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