Moffat Tunnel route

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The Moffat Tunnel route is a historic rail line through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, known for its long alpine tunnel and dramatic high-altitude scenery.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moffat Tunnel route canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail corridor ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connects Denver ⓘ
linked to: Denver, Colorado

Fraser ⓘ
Glenwood Springs ⓘ
Granby ⓘ
Grand Junction ⓘ
Winter Park ⓘ
crosses Continental Divide via Moffat Tunnel ⓘ
electrification non-electrified ⓘ
follows former Denver and Salt Lake Railway main line ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasMaximumElevationApprox over 9,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasNotableFeature long continuous grades and curves typical of mountain rail lines ⓘ
numerous bridges and short tunnels outside the main Moffat Tunnel ⓘ
hasPart Moffat Tunnel ⓘ
historicallyBuiltFor Denver and Salt Lake Railway ⓘ
historicalOperator Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ⓘ
Denver and Salt Lake Railway ⓘ
knownFor high-altitude scenery ⓘ
long alpine tunnel ⓘ
mountain railroading ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Moffat Tunnel ⓘ
openedForThroughServiceViaTunnel 1928 ⓘ
operatedBy Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
partOf Union Pacific Moffat Subdivision ⓘ
transcontinental rail route between Chicago and the U.S. West Coast ⓘ
passesNear Winter Park Resort ⓘ
linked to: Winter Park
passesThrough Byers Canyon ⓘ
Colorado River canyon ⓘ
Fraser River valley ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River

Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Glenwood Canyon ⓘ
Gore Canyon ⓘ
Moffat Tunnel under James Peak ⓘ
primaryUse freight traffic ⓘ
region north-central Colorado ⓘ
replaced Rollins Pass route over the Continental Divide ⓘ
secondaryUse passenger traffic ⓘ
traverses Rocky Mountains ⓘ
usedBy Amtrak California Zephyr ⓘ
linked to: California Zephyr

Ski Train to Winter Park (historically) ⓘ
historic Rio Grande Zephyr passenger train ⓘ
usesStructure Moffat Tunnel ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California Zephyr → traverses → Moffat Tunnel route ⓘ
Tennessee Pass route → bypassedBy → Moffat Tunnel route ⓘ