/tags/union-pacific Union Pacific en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-04-07/sick-of-i-70-mountain-traffic-a-retired-train-conductor-says-placing-semi-trucks-on-railroad-cars-is-the-solution The worst part of a trip to the mountains is often sitting on I-70, waiting for traffic to start moving again. But a retired train conductor – who conducted the Winter Park Ski train – has a plan that, he says, would clear up congestion. It involves getting semi-trucks off the highway and onto railroad cars to make the trip across the Rockies. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-04-07/sick-of-i-70-mountain-traffic-a-retired-train-conductor-says-placing-semi-trucks-on-railroad-cars-is-the-solution In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner /business/2014-11-21/for-colorados-rail-towns-muffling-train-horns-aint-easy Since 2005, the Federal Railroad Administration has required conductors to sound their horns for at least 15 seconds before all public rail crossings.… Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:00:00 GMT /business/2014-11-21/for-colorados-rail-towns-muffling-train-horns-aint-easy Grace Hood /arts-life/2014-07-19/waiting-for-the-union-pacific-streamliner It's an early Saturday morning and a handful of spectators are poised near a railroad crossing at 120th Ave and U.S. 85 in Henderson, Colorado. They're… Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:16:45 GMT /arts-life/2014-07-19/waiting-for-the-union-pacific-streamliner Nathan Heffel