Western Railroad Discussion > New Housing Development above UP Tunnel One Area

Westbound BNSF 7136, ES44C4, led the Denver, CO, to Provo, Utah, train through Coal Creek Canyon west of Arvada, CO, on Sundays, 3 October 2021.  Note construction equipment and new dirt road above the train.  New housing development construction has begun-!  Coal Creek Canyon is where UP's Moffat Tunnel Subd has a horseshoe curve before entering tunnel #1.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/21 16:57 by cozephyr.

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What about the downslope winds????!!  If they can knock over trains, how will a flimsy house survive?????  We have to put limits--can't we have open spaces instead of letting developers touch everything????

Nimby type complaints about trains from homeowners in that development beginning in 3....2....1

Too late, its approved

There goes the neighborhood.
—Mac

I wonder what the domestic water story will be for these homes.  There is a real problem with water from wells in that area and across in Blue Mt. Estates.   Now is the time to sell lots with rail traffic way down.  If things boom again for that line with 24 trains a day again it will be more then coyotes making sounds!
Tom Klinger

coach Wrote:
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> What about the downslope winds????!!  If they can
> knock over trains, how will a flimsy house
> survive?????  We have to put limits--can't we
> have open spaces instead of letting developers
> touch everything????
Maybe a wind farm as well for power LOL cheers D.

ParkSouth Wrote:
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> I wonder what the domestic water story will be for
> these homes.  There is a real problem with water
> from wells in that area and across in Blue Mt.
> Estates.   Now is the time to sell lots with
> rail traffic way down.  If things boom again for
> that line with 24 trains a day again it will be
> more then coyotes making sounds!
> Tom Klinger

How many trains daily (24 hours ) now a days?

SantaFeRuss












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We have some pretty strong winds here and I've never heard of a house blowing over nor people complaining of train whistles...
Sonic booms, yes, in fact Edwards AFB has someone assgned to take those calls.
Is there a grade crossing on those rails?

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/21 20:22 by MojaveBill.

Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing in Coal Creek Canyon requires all trains to use their horns.  

Train traffic;

Two Amtrak trains a day, maybe a coal train or two (traffic down), one or two BNSF trackage rights trains per day, and four manifest UP trains a week.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/04/21 03:38 by cozephyr.

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rgzfan Wrote:
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> When I looked into this in 2019, the city was
> going to charge a ~$21k hookup fee for sewer and
> water per lot.The

Yikes!

That's a real impact fee. FL developers limited the total impact fees to half that.

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> rgzfan Wrote:
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> > When I looked into this in 2019, the city was
> > going to charge a ~$21k hookup fee for sewer
> and
> > water per lot.The
>
> Yikes!
>
> That's a real impact fee. FL developers limited
> the total impact fees to half that.
>
> Posted from Android

Just a bit easier to work in nice flat Florida then in the mountains of Colorado.

Wait until they find out there are abandoned *uranium* mines in the hills just to the west of this mess....

cozephyr Wrote:
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> Westbound BNSF 7136, ES44C4, led the Denver, CO,
> to Provo, Utah, train through Coal Creek Canyon
> west of Arvada, CO, on Sundays, 3 October 2021.
>  Note construction equipment and new dirt road
> above the train.  New housing development
> construction has begun-!  Coal Creek Canyon is
> where UP's Moffat Tunnel Subd has a horseshoe
> curve before entering tunnel #1.

Lightning_Slinger Wrote:
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> Wait until they find out there are abandoned
> *uranium* mines in the hills just to the west of
> this mess....
>

I have never heard of uranium mines in that part of Colorado.  Far SW there were, here?  Much possible contamination from Rocky Flats though!

Robert