Good Load of Stick Rail For Auction in Colo.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2025 11:40 am

The usual "I have no financial involvement in this deal" disclaimer--though at this point, who cares?

https://www.govdeals.com/en/asset/34/15785

Near Platteville, Colorado.

Quote:

Steel Rail, 1 Lot

QTY 75 - ~39ft Rail
Labeled Colorado 1929 90RA-A
Dimensions as:
HT – 5 ½”
BW – 5 3/16”
HW – 2 5/8”
W – 5/8”
HD – 1 ¼”
FD – 3 ¼”
BD – 1”
E – 2 ¼”

QTY 33 – 20ft - 40ft
No Label
HT - 7”
BW - 6”
HW - 3.25”
FD- 4”

Or, in our lingo, 75 39-foot sections of Colorado Rail 90-pound rail and some random pieces of 125-pound rail.

Investigation shows that this was rail used as industrial siding in a generating station and substation along a now-abandoned section of a secondary Union Pacific line between Denver and La Salle (near Greeley), a line in part now railbanked by Denver's RTD transit agency. Xcel Energy apparently owns/owned some of the rail line reaching up to its plant in the final days, and there could be much more rail to come.

I know rail museums are facing a shortage of authentic lighter jointed rail these days, so.......

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2651

I'll bet the power plant in question is the former Fort Saint Vrain nuclear power plant, Colorado's only NPP, which was only open for a few years and was converted to gas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sain ... ower_Plant It was an expensive debacle for the owner, the former Public Service company, now xcel energy.

Good Load of Stick Rail For Auction in Colo.

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