Great Western Railway of Colorado

For the British train operating company of the same name, see Great Western Railway (train operating company).
Great Western Railway
Great Western 2-8-0 52
Overview
HeadquartersLoveland, Colorado
Reporting markGWR
LocaleNortheastern Colorado
Dates of operation1902 (1902)–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length80 miles (130 km)
Other
Websiteomnitrax.com/our-company/our-railroads/great-western-railway-of-colorado-llc/
Great Western Railway GP-9 #296, built 1954, retired 2003. Now being restored at Heber Valley Railroad.

The Great Western Railway of Colorado (reporting mark GWR) operates about 80 miles (129 km) of track in Colorado and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the BNSF Railway. It is currently a subsidiary of OmniTRAX but was founded in 1902 to serve the Great Western Sugar Company and other sugar beet and molasses companies in Colorado, and built by another Great Western subsidiary, Loveland Construction Company.[1][2] It also operated passenger services from 1917 to 1926. Their route consists of a line from Loveland to Johnstown, Colorado, where it splits to Miliken and Longmont. Going north out of Kelim is Windsor where once again the line splits to go to their industrial park and Greeley, or Fort Collins. It has since expanded service to include customers such as Anheuser-Busch, Eastman Kodak and Simplot.

See also

References

  1. ^ Carl McWilliams (2020). "GERMANS FROM RUSSIA and the GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY". cityofloveland.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ Eric Twitty (August 2003). "Silver Wedge: The Sugar Beet Industry in Fort Collins" (PDF). SWCA Environmental Consultants. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

Further reading

  • Jessen, Kenneth (2013). The Great Western Railway (1st ed.). J. V. Publications. ISBN 978-1-928656-05-0.
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