View Single Post
  #2758  
Old Posted Jan 22, 2011, 9:05 AM
s.p.hansen's Avatar
s.p.hansen s.p.hansen is offline
Urban Planning Proselyte
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posts: 2,242
Has anyone ever heard of the Deseret Power Railroad (Deseret Western Railway)?

It's a rare example of an electrified freight rail service in the United States. It began operations in 1984 with its track built in a loop to connect the Bonanza coal power plant with coal mines in a geographic area between Utah and Colorado. The electrified trains operating on this line have been very economic and continue to operate successfully today.

To find out more follow this link to UtahRails.net:
http://utahrails.net/utahrails/deseret-western.php






Images by DWHonan on flickr.com

In reading about this and seeing these pictures I can't help but think, why doesn't Union Pacific electrify its freight lines along the Wasatch Front?
Reply With Quote