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  2. Colorado Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado Pacific Railroad is a shortline railroad operating on 122 miles (196 km) of former Missouri Pacific Railroad trackage in southeast Colorado. It interchanges with Union Pacific and BNSF at North Avondale Junction near Boone, and with the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad at Towner. It is sometimes referred to as the Towner Line or the ...

  3. Colorado State Highway 65 - Wikipedia

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    The highway along with a road to Lands End Overlook were designated as the Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway in 1996. [2] SH 65's southern terminus is at SH 92 east of Delta , and its northern terminus is at Interstate 70 (I-70) and U.S. Route 6 (US 6) northeast of Palisade .

  4. List of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide

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    Northern Pacific Railroad (now used by BNSF Railway, inactive), Interstate 90. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. AR: Pipestone Pass: 6,453 ft (1,967 m) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (abandoned), Montana Highway 2. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages.

  5. U.S. Route 65 - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Route 65 (US 65) is a north–south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 425 in Clayton, Louisiana . The northern terminus is at Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 90 in Albert Lea, Minnesota . [ 3 ]

  6. Alpine Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Alpine Tunnel is a 1,772 ft (540 m) narrow gauge railroad tunnel located east of Pitkin, Colorado, on the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad route from Denver to Gunnison. At an elevation of 11,523 feet (3,512 m), it was the first tunnel constructed across the Continental Divide in Colorado and was the highest railroad tunnel in ...

  7. Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway is a 63-mile (101 km) National Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Delta and Mesa counties, Colorado, USA. The byway traverses Grand Mesa, the most extensive flat-topped mountain on Earth, and reaches an elevation of 10,849 feet (3,307 m).

  8. Colorado and Southern Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado and Southern 3-ft-gauge lines were formed in 1898 from the Colorado Central and the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroads.The narrow gauge operations had four distinct portions: the Platte Canyon Line from Denver to Como, the Gunnison Line from Como to Gunnison via Alpine Tunnel, Highline between Como and Leadville, and the Clear Creek rail line from Denver to Silver Plume.

  9. Red Rock Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic & Pacific Route Map. In 1880, the Atlantic & Pacific railroad's Western division began construction of a line from Isleta, New Mexico, heading west to meet the Southern Pacific at Needles, California, on the western bank of the Colorado just north of Topock. The Southern Pacific was simultaneously building eastward from Mohave ...