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The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority this week welcomed a $150,000 grant to help pursue the restoration of passenger rail across Montana's southern tier – and regions beyond.

Colorado lawmakers will likely consider a bill next year that would impose new railroad safety guidelines to reduce the risk of derailments and hazardous material spills.

The state is now actively working with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail to replace waning freight traffic for commodities such as coal and oil — specifically commuter rail to help ease workforce housing shortages around Colorado.

The passage of billions of dollars in federal funding for rail projects as part of the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law represents a once-in-a-generation chance to make Front Range Passenger Rail a reality.

As a federal grant application seeking $3.75 billion in funding for a proposed high-speed rail connecting Southern Nevada to Southern California remains in flux, U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen is urging the Department of Transportation to process the proposal.

Uinta Basin Railway could send 10 trains per day through remote Ruby Canyon, Palisade orchard country.

A series on the Uinta Basin Railway project, which would bring up to five 2-mile-long oil trains through Colorado daily.

State and local governments in 32 states secured more than $570 million in grants Monday as the Federal Railroad Administration kicked off the first round of its Railroad Crossing Elimination program.

Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's nominees to Amtrak's board of directors, saying they heavily favored the populated northeastern states at the expense of rural states.

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority and its county members across the state joined Amtrak in a call this week regarding the agency's “Throughway” service, or the various tools the railroad uses to bring remote riders to a train stop.