Passenger Rail in Northern Colorado?
GUESTS
We were graced last week with five guests including previous guest and potential member Shannon Spangler, Sarah Moore, wife of Ralph, and three of our recent RYLA students Leah Ackerman, Hannah Adams, and Lonni Sharshel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We inducted Karen Trusler as our newest member. Welcome aboard Karen!
PROGRAM
Our program last week was presented by Alex Yeros and Cliff Davidson. Their program was about the potential for passenger rail service in Northern Colorado. Yeros gave a background of the Great Western Railroad which was part of Great Western Sugar at one time.
Davidson is the director of the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council. Cliff told us that in thirty years, the area is expected to be one large regional city. He also said that the gas tax has plateaued out and has total receipts has started to go down. He also said one of our main problems is that wherever there is a road, we (sic) build on that road until it is broken. I-25 is a perfect example.
Yeros told us that Great Western had passenger service as recently as 1986 when they used to haul excursions to Bruce's Bar in Severance. (Now that is the way to run a railroad). Great Western Railroad goes through nearly every town in Northern Colorado east of the Front Range.
QUIZ ANSWER
Trains, coincidentally, was the driving development that required coordinated accurate time.
NEXT QUESTION
What is the only state flag that can be flow at the same height as the Stars and Stripes, and for extra credit, why?
We were graced last week with five guests including previous guest and potential member Shannon Spangler, Sarah Moore, wife of Ralph, and three of our recent RYLA students Leah Ackerman, Hannah Adams, and Lonni Sharshel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We inducted Karen Trusler as our newest member. Welcome aboard Karen!
PROGRAM
Our program last week was presented by Alex Yeros and Cliff Davidson. Their program was about the potential for passenger rail service in Northern Colorado. Yeros gave a background of the Great Western Railroad which was part of Great Western Sugar at one time.
Davidson is the director of the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council. Cliff told us that in thirty years, the area is expected to be one large regional city. He also said that the gas tax has plateaued out and has total receipts has started to go down. He also said one of our main problems is that wherever there is a road, we (sic) build on that road until it is broken. I-25 is a perfect example.
Yeros told us that Great Western had passenger service as recently as 1986 when they used to haul excursions to Bruce's Bar in Severance. (Now that is the way to run a railroad). Great Western Railroad goes through nearly every town in Northern Colorado east of the Front Range.
QUIZ ANSWER
Trains, coincidentally, was the driving development that required coordinated accurate time.
NEXT QUESTION
What is the only state flag that can be flow at the same height as the Stars and Stripes, and for extra credit, why?
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