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In the 19th century, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad built lines along the Front Range that are now owned by BNSF and Union Pacific. Pueblo–Denver passenger service existed until the formation of Amtrak in 1971. [1] The Denver–Cheyenne segment was last served in 1997 by the Pioneer.
The Denver Pacific Railway was a historic railroad that operated in the western United States during the late 19th century. Formed in 1867 in the Colorado Territory, the company operated lines in Colorado and present-day southeastern Wyoming in the 1870s until merging with the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1880.
The Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) is an industrial railroad that operates within the Swan Ranch Industrial Park, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. [1] The railroad is owned and operated by Watco, which announced the formation of the SRRR on 30 November 2011. [1] SRRR began operations in December 2011, operating 17,192 feet (3.2561 mi) of trackage. [1]
Wyoming Railway: WYO 1909 1953 N/A Wyoming Central Railway: CNW: 1885 1891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad: Wyoming Colorado Railroad: WYCO 1987 2007 none Line scrapped in 2007, the division in the state of Oregon is still in operation, however. Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad: 1895 1924 Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
The Cheyenne and Northern Railway was established in March 1886. The initial investors included Warren, Sturgis and Phillip Dater, first president of the Cheyenne Club. The eventual goal of the railroad was to build all the way north to the Northern Pacific line in Montana but the immediate target was Douglas, Wyoming. Over a year and a half ...
Cheyenne (/ ʃ aɪ ˈ æ n / shy-AN or / ʃ aɪ ˈ ɛ n / shy-EN) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census. [6]
I-25 enters Laramie County concurrent with US 87 from Weld County, Colorado, southwest of Cheyenne and briefly runs parallel to a BNSF Railway line. The four-lane Interstate has its first interchange, a diamond interchange, with Wyoming Highway 223 (WYO 223, Terry Ranch Road), and crosses over the Union Pacific Railroad's Speer Subdivision rail line and over the BNSF rail line.
Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF, ... Its "Heartland of America" tour begins in August 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and ...