Colorado Unit Coal Trains 2000-Present
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Colorado Unit Coal Trains Originating at Colorado Mines
The table below presents a summary of mines and destinations for coal trains originating at coal mines in Colorado. It is sorted by the owner name. The railroad listed is the primary carrier while the train is in Colorado. This table does not include one-time re-routes or "test burn" trains.

The information presented below is based on EIA-423 and FERC-423 reports which are publicly accessible via the Energy Information Administration web site (http://www.eia.doe.gov). In cases where the Form 423 data was incomplete I have to rely upon my own sightings as well as contributions from other railfans and industry contacts.

You will notice that most power plants have multiple mine sources listed. In general, utilities buy coal from several different mines simultaneously. Coal supply contracts can change annually, so the owners listed below may not necessarily be buying coal from all the mines listed simultaneously. Since the scope of this web site goes back to the year 2000, all the source mines listed may not necessarily still be supplying the power plants listed. And it stands to say that owners listed may open new contracts with other mines currently not listed on this site as sources. Consequently, the mine source information provided below may not necessarily be accurate for the day you are reading this. That data presented below is not "official" in any way, although I will make my best effort to keep it as accurate as I can.

Email Me Last Updated: 03/14/10

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Current Owner Mark(s) Former Owner(s) or Former Names Owner Type Utility Destination(s) Plant Name(s) Colorado Mine Source(s) RR Notes
Alabama Power Co. JHMX N/A utility Palos, AL James H. Miller Jr. N/A - See Notes UP Occasionally seen mixed in with DEGX cars going to Colorado mines (see DEGX mines listed above).
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative AZEX, AZPX N/A utility Cochise, AZ Apache Colowyo, Twentymile UP  
Holbrook, AZ Cholla Colowyo UP  
Coleto Creek Power CCTX N/A utility Coleto Creek, TX Coleto Creek Power Station Colowyo, Sanborn Creek, West Elk UP Last seen in 2004.
Colorado Springs Dept. of Utilities CSUX N/A utility Colorado Springs, CO Martin Drake Colowyo, Foidel Creek, Twentymile UP  
Fountain, CO Ray Nixon Foidel Creek, Twentymile UP
Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-Op DPR, WFU N/A utility Bonanza, UT Bonanza Deserado DPR Only spends about 20 miles in Colorado!  Railroad is named Deseret Power Railroad, formerly Deseret-Western Railway.
Gulf Power GLFX N/A utility Pensacola, FL James F. Crist Elk Creek UP
Panama City, FL Lansing Smith Elk Creek UP
Mississippi Power Co. DEGX N/A utility Gulfport, MS Jack Watson Foidel Creek, West Elk UP Some DEGX trains load at Savage, Utah
Escatawpa, MS Victor Daniel Foidel Creek, Twentymile, West Elk UP
Missouri Public Service MPSX N/A utility Sibley, MO Sibley West Elk UP  
Nevada Power Co. NVPX N/A utility Moapa, NV Reid Gardner Bowie, West Elk UP
Ohio Valley Electric OVEX N/A utility Illinois unknown ? UP Last seen in 2001.
Tennessee Valley Authority TVAX N/A utility Memphis, TN Allen Elk Creek, West Elk UP  
Waverly, TN Johnsonville Bowie, Elk Creek, West Elk UP  
Bridgeport, AL Widows Creek Bowie, Elk Creek, Foidel Creek, West Elk UP  
Pickwick, AL Colbert Bowie, Elk Creek, West Elk UP  
Paducah, KY Shawnee Bowie, Elk Creek, Foidel Creek, West Elk UP  
Tri-State Generation TSXX, WFAX N/A utility Craig, CO Craig Colowyo, Foidel Creek, Trapper UP  
Tucson Electric Power TEPX N/A utility Tucson, AZ H. Wilson Sundt (fromerly Irvington) Colowyo, Twentymile UP  
Westar Energy KPLX Kansas Power & Light utility Lawrence, KS Lawrence ? UP Last seen in 2002.
Western Fuels Association WFAX N/A coal supplier Tri-State Craig Station Craig see Tri-State Craig station UP  
Xcel Energy NSPX, PSCX, XCLX New Century Energies, Public Service Co. of Colorado utility Denver, CO Cherokee Bowie, Colowyo, Elk Creek, Foidel Creek, Twentymile, West Elk UP  
Boulder, CO Valmont Bowie, Colowyo, Elk Creek, Foidel Creek, Twentymile UP


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