Hey, if there is already a board on this-I appologize and ask if somebody could please show me to it.
What's the latest on the proposed Los Angeles to Las Vegas service? Go? No Go? I know it will use the Talgo equipment similar to what's being used on the Cascades Corridor. Is this still the plan? When does amtrak plan to put the Vegas corridor into revenue service? The whole project seems to be dragging on at a sluggish rate. What station stops will it make?????Any other info????? Please share if you know! Thanks!
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Posted by MPALMER (Member # 125) on :
The Las Vegas reactivation is on "slow roll". The stumbling block is the construction of a second track on UP's Cima Hill in the Mojave Desert, to reduce delays due to heavy freight train use. There is concern that the additional track would negatively impact some wildlife areas in the desert, and an Environmental Impact Review/report is needed. This will take several months/a year. My understanding is the train would follow the same route as the old Desert Wind (BNSF from LA to Daggett; UP from Dagget to Las Vegas). It is not clear where the Las Vegas terminal would be...it might go back to the [Union] Plaza downtown, which still has Amtrak paintings in the hotel. My guess at station stops: Los Angeles Fullerton San Bernardino Victorville (?) Barstow Las Vegas