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Colorado Central Magazine

How the presidential candidates handled the UP-SP merger

Brief by Central Staff

Politics & Transportation – November 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine

The UP-SP merger, and probable abandonment of the Royal Gorge-Tennessee Pass tracks, appears to be the federal decision in the recent past which will have the biggest effect on Central Colorado. By driving up transportation costs, the merger may crush any hope of economic diversity in our region.