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Originally Posted by Paniolo Man
Amtrak #301 was parked at Central Station this afternoon.
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That is so cool! Was this announced ahead of time, or did you just get lucky? I'd love to have seen their new locos in person.
Once while commuting south on TRAX, I saw a
very late Amtrak eastbound at Murray Central with an ACS-64 in tow, being delivered from Siemens in Sacramento to the NEC. It absolutely made my day.
I couldn't agree more about the need for a regional rail network centered on SLC. Since I am on vacation in southeast Idaho, I updated my old graphic from a couple years ago to include a line from SLC to Yellowstone:
The Yellowstone line would use ~50 miles of railroad grade that has been abandoned since 1971, but is still mostly intact. Imagine the potential for tourism by linking SLC to Arches, Zion, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks by rail!
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