An eastern plains agriculture company is bidding to buy a railroad line that runs through the Vail Valley, reports the Vail Daily.
Colorado Pacific Railroad is offering Union Pacific $10 million for 170 miles of its Tennessee Pass Line, running from Parkdale near the Royal Gorge through the Vail Valley to Dotsero.
For now, the plan is to haul grain from eastern Colorado and western Kansas directly to the West Coast, instead of routing it through the Texas Gulf Coast, according to a Nov. 14 letter from Colorado Pacific to Union Pacific, written by Colorado Pacific attorney William Osborn and published in the Kiowa County Independent.
