This might be a bit far afield, but I’ll still ask. Why is Berthoud Pass so far from Berthoud, and Loveland Pass so far from Loveland? Thanks. — Geographically Perplexed ...

Originally the tunnel was owned by the state but was later leased to Union Pacific for 99 years which outlined that the railroad service could use the tunnel for $12,000 per year. The Colorado ...

It was an oddball branch line with a just-as-odd history that is still worth recounting.

Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the Canton Province began arriving on California's shores in 1850, pushed by poverty and overpopulation from their homeland — and ...