Deseret Power Railroad
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| Overview | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Freight railroad for coal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Operating | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale |
Rio Blanco County, Colorado Moffat County, Colorado Uintah County, Utah |
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| Termini |
East terminal: Deserado Mine coal loading facility West terminal: Bonanza Power Plant |
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| Operation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 4 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Blue Mountain Energy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | Blue Mountain Energy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Character | single track main line with one passing siding and two loops | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolling stock | 7 E60C-2 (4 operative, 3 stored) 59 bottom dump coal hopper cars |
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| Line length | 33 miles (53 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track length | 39.4 miles (63.4 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | 50 kV 60 Hz (AC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Deseret Power Railroad (
i/dɛz.əˈrɛt./) (reporting mark DPRW) , formerly known as the Deseret-Western Railway, is an electrified private Class III railroad operating in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. It does not have any connection to the national rail network and does not have any signaling system.
The railroad was built 1983 by Railroad Builders of Englewood, Colorado. All rolling stock had to be trucked in 90 miles from Rifle, Colorado, the nearest point of the national rail network. The railroad began operation in January 1984 as Deseret Western Railway owned by Western Fuels Utah (WFU). This joint company was owned 90% by the Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative, which operated the Bonanza Power Plant, and 10% by Western Fuels Association. Its task was to operate the Deserado Mine and transport the produced coal to the power plant.
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