Chase Woodruff | Colorado Newsline

Near the rail yards and industrial spurs on Denver's north side, predominantly low-income and Latino communities have long borne the burdens of heavy rail traffic, and a City Council member’s decade-long fight to more strictly regulate land use along railroad rights-of-way has taken on new urgency in the wake of the Uinta Basin Railway’s approval.

Fears of a ‘catastrophic derailment’ of Uinta Basin Railway tankers might be highest in Grand County

Accident risks for proposed oil trains could be highest in a rugged region that has seen numerous derailments.

Local officials spar over Uinta Basin oil trains in the heart of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s district. This is Part 2 in the series Down the Line, a series provided by Colorado Newsline.

The Uinta Basin Railway could send 10 trains per day through remote Ruby Canyon, and Palisade orchard country.