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Colorado leaders are asking the feds to put the brakes on a proposed Utah railway that could send up to five oil trains per day through central Denver and other sensitive areas along the Colorado River watershed.

Montana Rail Link’s (MRL) request to terminate its lease with BSNF Railway (BNSF) was given the green light from the Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday.

For the first time in its young history, the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority now claims a contiguous block of participating counties stretching from the North Dakota boarder across the state to the western border with Idaho.

The beloved train runs weekends January through March from historic Union Station in downtown Denver right to the base of Winter Park mere steps from the gondola.

Plans to convert the Montana Rail Link trestle crossing the Clark Fork River near downtown Missoula to a usable bike and pedestrian trail continue to move forward, a city official said Thursday.

Lawmakers are poised to give Colorado’s public transit agencies more flexibility in how they use funds from a state program for free rides during periods of high ozone pollution.

Two bills pre-filed in the state Legislature ahead of the session that starts Tuesday may pave the way for expanded rail service in New Mexico.

The Great American Trail, which runs from D.C. to Seattle, would connect 35 rural towns along a 220-mile route through western Montana.

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is pushing to ensure the old North Coast Hiawatha is included in November, when the Federal Railroad Administration submits its final Amtrak Daily Long Distance Service Study to Congress.

A federal funding package announced last week to expand and modernize intercity passenger rail is just one piece of a larger package being watched by the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority, it's chairman said this week.