More information:
Primary sources for this article were agents within the Tennessee Pass Underground, a super-secret spy organization of railroad fanatics who have nothing better to do than monitor the Tennessee Pass rails with an array of high-tech surveillance equipment that would make the CIA, NSA, and FBI jealous. The rest of you can look up these additional resources:
For numerous excellent pictures of operations on Tennessee Pass and elsewhere in western Colorado: http://www.mtnwestrail.com/colorado.htm
To see a map of the gigantic Union Pacific railroad: http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/graphics/upcomnam.gif
To view a map of BNSF, the other giant western railroad: http://www.bnsf.com/about_bnsf/html/division_maps.html
"Rail corridor future remains cloudy," an article in The Vail Daily, Oct. 25, 2000, offers a good summary of plans and prospects for the Tennessee Pass line -- and why nothing may happen.
--K.S.
