State officials since last spring have quietly been reaching out to communities along Colorado’s main east-west rail line to gauge local sentiment as the state negotiates a new lease with rail giant Union Pacific, which pays $12,000 a year to send trains through the state-owned Moffat Tunnel. Union Pacific’s 99-year lease to use the 6.2-mile … Continue reading Oil-train opponents look to railroad’s expiring Moffat Tunnel lease for bargaining power