Front Range Colorado Passenger Service

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Going south could run a train to Raton & the Boy Scout camp. Potential to connect with some riders at Denver from CZ.

Ballot Initiative: Railway Age

Planners and supporters of a proposed passenger rail line from Pueblo to Fort Collins, Colo., including Gov. Jared Polis, are working toward a 2024 ballot measure that would ask voters to help fund the line, according to a CPR News report.

The train line would “likely operate primarily on its own tracks in existing freight rail corridors, could carry more than two million passengers a year, and could cost between $8 billion and $14 billion for a full build-out,” according to a 2020 analysis from the Front Range Passenger Rail District, and as reported by CPR News. “A lower-cost, interim version would have passenger trains on freight tracks.”
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GWoodle wrote:Going south could run a train to Raton & the Boy Scout camp. Potential to connect with some riders at Denver from CZ.

That would be a good partnership. I’m not sure if the Santa Fe ever had one (I’m sure they did) but it would be a good way to gain ridership and attention for Amtrak.

At that point though you might as well get New Mexico to join in, and extend a service to Albuquerque: 1 round trip a day the entire year, and two a day seasonally.

They did Mr. Steamguy, and I think the Denver-Albuquerque train with through Coach and Sleeper survived until A-Day.

It appears that any agency, Amtrak or Local, contemplating such a service recognizes they will have to lay their own track. The joint C&S D&RGW along with the paired AT&SF trackage are overloaded with traffic as that Swedish girl hasn't put King Coal out of business - yet.