# 2025-15714: Forgotten Colorado Railroad Line Gets Official Abandonment Green Light

2025-15714, Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Rio Grande County, Colo., is a Federal Register notice from Surface Transportation Board published 2025-08-19, effective 2025-09-18 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15714
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15714
- Title: Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Rio Grande County, Colo.
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Surface Transportation Board
- Citation: 90 FR 40460
- Published: 2025-08-19
- Effective: 2025-09-18
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Forgotten Colorado Railroad Line Gets Official Abandonment Green Light

## Summary

Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad LLC plans to stop using and officially abandon a 26.55-mile railroad track in Rio Grande County, Colorado, because no trains have run there for over two years. This change affects local communities near Monte Vista and Derrick, with protections in place for any railroad workers impacted. The official filing happened on July 30, 2025, and no one has yet offered to buy or save the line.

## Effects PRIA read

- 26.55‑Mile Rail Line Abandonment: cost, medium. Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad LLC plans to abandon a 26.55‑mile segment of its Alamosa Subdivision between milepost 272.75 (near Monte Vista) and milepost 299.3 (near Derrick) in Rio Grande County, Colorado. The Line crosses ZIP codes 81154, 81132, and 81144; CXRG filed an updated verified n…
- Railroad Worker Job Protections Maintained: benefit, medium. Railroad employees who are adversely affected by the abandonment will be protected under the Oregon Short Line Railroad decision (360 I.C.C. 91 (1979)). To challenge whether those protections are adequate, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
- Window to Submit Offers to Save or Buy Line: mixed, medium. Interested parties may file a formal expression of intent to file an Offer of Financial Assistance (OFA) indicating whether they would provide a subsidy or purchase and showing preliminary financial responsibility; if no OFA is received, the exemption becomes effective September 18, 2025. Petitions…

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## Sources
- [2025-15714 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15714/colorado-pacific-rio-grande-railroad-llc-abandonment-exemption-in-rio-grande-county-colo)
- [2025-15714 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-19/pdf/2025-15714.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15714 (as of 2026-06-08).