Railroad revival: Broe's OmniTrax, others, lay track for 21st century.
ColoradoBiz › Vol. 32 Nbr. 7, July 2005
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Railroad revival: Broe's OmniTrax, others, lay track for 21st century.
The four tracks curve southward as they cross the Nebraska state line into Colorado, heading west through the plains town of Julesberg. Passing a restored train station, the set of tracks pares down to two with a light-density line to Denver branching off the main. It is on this route through Julesberg that the Union Pacific Railroad makes its greatest profits, using the line as a land-bridge for hauling large blocks of often Asian-made goods and high-balling them as fast as possible from Pacific Coast ports to the Midwest where the trains are broken up or handed off to ...
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