That's a fourteen-year-old newspaper article.

Put this in your pipe and smoke it: I predict that, since UP already has a faster and lower-elevation route through southern Wyoming, we may see the demise of the Moffat Line as a through route within the next 15-20 years. Think about it. How much through traffic is using the stretch of track between Bond and Grand Junction? My prediction is that the Craig Branch - Denver segment and the North Fork - Provo segments of the ex-DRGW will have a relatively bright future (as long as the coal deposits hold up over the years and the U.S. energy policy maintains coal as a major player), but the DRGW Denver - Salt Lake City route functioning as a fast, competitive transcon component has some major problems. Topography, grades, high maintenence expenses. Big chunks of the WP are already being being downgraded and the DRGW is probably in the same boat. The only "wild card" is the coal business.

Jay Gould and Arthur Keddie's DRGW-WP alliance may be headed for the same bumping post as the MILW western extension.