Saint Vrains, Colorado

Saint Vrains was founded on the Union Pacific Railroad sometime after 1910 when the rail line from Dacono to Denver was finished.

In 1966, the portion of the rail line to Brighton that lay east of Saint Vrains was abandoned after the bridge crossing the South Platte River was washed out in a flood.

[6] Later, in 1994, the portion of the rail line to Dacono north of Saint Vrains was also abandoned, leaving only the two connections to Boulder and Denver.

[7] The decline of coal mining, and the abandonment of nearby rail lines, made the junction less important to the Union Pacific Railroad by 1994.

[8] In 2009, the rail line to Denver was sold to the Regional Transportation District, thereby ending the presence of the Union Pacific Railroad in the Saint Vrains area.