By Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun; July 6, 2020
It’s been 23 years since trains rumbled through the tunnel atop Tennessee Pass.
That could change as interest in the dormant Tennessee Pass Line between Cañon City and Dotsero grows. A fledgling railway project in Utah’s Uinta Basin and a billionaire New York City developer with thousands of acres of wheat and an existing rail operation in southeastern Colorado are circling the tracks, hoping to revive the state’s 208-mile transmountain railway.