I love internet! Oh wait...

I still think even with a new DMU facility, having one down south makes a lot of sense for having early morning/late night service down there.

Some agencies will sometimes just park the train at the end of the line overnight to achieve the same thing, but a facility would obviously be better!

I have heard that it has been taken off the table at this point. I think @braddah-n8.bsky.social knows more

It's been difficult in the past because WFRC never had an avenue for community driven projects to make it on their radar, but they have launched a new program called "exploratory projects" which is designed exactly for projects that may or may not be municipality driven

It has plenty of acknowledgements in SLC documents at this point. And is getting even more attention in the WEConnect study.

What sets this apart is it's the first official acknowledgement by WFRC. Lots of conversations had to happen to get here

The amount of comments using the word "chess" 😭😅

Also it's hilarious that whoever works on the render changed the loco in the background just for the heck of it

🎵 Raze paradise, put up a parking lot 🎵

Seriously writing their own campaign talking points

Amtrak's second coming

Don't give me hope (I just moved to Ga)

Some additional renders

This configuration makes it practically identical in number of seats and layout, to the Siemens S700.

The other big hype was around the suspension. Which should make the rougher ride on the trunk line smoother for passengers.

Yes!

The only good outcome is if NASA lands on the moon, decides to go further, and issue contracts for a permanent base. But right now, this all sounds like flags and footprints 2.0

Here's the directors cut which includes the alternate ending docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Utah county, and specifically businesses like Adobe, were promised light rail over a decade ago. The mayor clearly realizes that the current alignment has the potential to jeopardize the entire project due to how its dependent on the point and state funding. Faster and cheaper is the blue extension