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With the power plant shutting down, is Colorado's Craig Branch doomed?

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With the power plant shutting down, is Colorado's Craig Branch doomed?
Posted by Shrike Arghast on Thursday, January 20, 2022 12:49 AM

I just read an article about the Craig, CO power station closing down. I was under the impression that coal was pretty much what kept this branch (barely) viable, though there do appear to be a fair number of hopper cars present in Craig satelite photos on Google Earth. Does the plant's closure mean abandonment? And does this imperil the Moffat Line as a whole, considering that traffic has been drying up?

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:14 AM

I don't think that the Moffat Tunnel line is going anywhere soon.  Traffic is thin but the BNSF trackage rights help.

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:32 AM

Seriously doubt the branch is going anywhere. May have a little less priority though in Uncle Pete's world, Bond/Orestod  to Craig/Axial/Energy.....

(And then there is the Uintah Basin RR hiding in the weeds, Moffat & Sumner's dream may yet happen.)

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:39 AM

CSSHEGEWISCH

I don't think that the Moffat Tunnel line is going anywhere soon.  Traffic is thin but the BNSF trackage rights help.

 

....plus Amthrax and all the ski/luxury train operators

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:02 AM
Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!
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Posted by Bruce Kelly on Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:53 AM

Don't discount the potential for a new shipper to materialize in or around Craig.

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