Re: You are going to love this idea - only in Sin City
Author: stash
Date: 10-25-2009 - 23:10
>>> Whenever anyone suggests adding a passenger train to any UP route their response is always the same: "Insufficent capacity". I do not live in SoCal so I cannot comment on their traffic density but I am sure that if a Las Vegas train were to be seriously vetted that UP would cite Cajon or Cima or somewhere as needing expensive upgrading.<<<
Well, Cajon is busy, even now. As for Cima, look ahead and plan capacity for the future. IIRC, the deal to place a Vegas passenger train on to UP was ready to go. I guess Amtrak pulled the plug on that, even after UP's considerable amount of work on the project.