Is there a rare mileage opportunity for California Zephyr riders, or was the train cancelled.
As information, it is definitely not Amtrak's track. It's UPRR -- former D&RGW -- and Amtrak normally runs the CZ, one train each way, daily. BNSF has trackage rights, but runs only a small number of trains each month.
Tis type of washout is a really bad deal, because, the signal system can still provide green signals if the rail is intact. Sometimes there are detectors in fills where there is risk of washouts.
The BNSF (former Colorado & Southern) between Denver and Cheyenne is washed out in so many places that iit is not yet possible to tell when the service might be restored. It normally has a lot of daily coal trains. The UPRR line between Denver and Cheyenne is in a better location relative to the front range of the Rockies, and I wonder if it is currently intact?
