Not sure still true but for a while some kind of "endangered" desert turtle had taken up residence on/in the tracks. Additionaly since it was 3 Vegas IFEBP conventions, since I tried to take Amtrak from LA to Vegas, that makes over 15 years since use. What is the condition of the track?
When I first read this I thought Anthony meant in Los Vegas, were this was the station.
See your own answer concerning politicians. The states are interested in looking like they are doing something. "Help fund" equals money. Not a chance. No favored contributor is getting anything from that.
While I won't deny that LA to Vegas deserves long haul equipment, not commuter equipment, I can't tell you how many commuter runs there are here on the East coast that run for well over an hour, many over two hours.
Or even three, such as the Montauk/Oyster Point (forget the town name) LIRR commuters. But there is a difference. Montauk is just the starting point, most people get on an hour or so up the line and further in. The train leaves Montauk almost empty and arrives at Jamaica for its Manhattan transfer bursting full. The comfort of a Superliner, Talgo, or Amfleet would be wasted on 80% of the people on the train. On the other hand, LAX to Vegas would probably depart with high occupancy.
Actually you might be surprised by just how many people get on at the farthest stations on the Montauk Branch. In fact the LIRR even runs local trains between Montauk and Speonk that don't connect with any thing further east. They get a fair amount of ridership east of Speonk, which is a little over 2 hours east of Penn itself. That why the LIRR originates/terminates trains both in Speonk and Patchouge to/from the Manhattan. And some of the rush hour trains to/from Montauk run express through the closer in stations, and I'm talking about the stations that are between 1 hour away from Manhattan to two hours away, since basically once they are west of Babylon all trains from the Montauk branch run express.
I thought this was no longer the case as of late last year. See for example the first item in NARP Hotline News #532:
Not to say you're wrong, but you're wrong!When I first read this I thought Anthony meant in Los Vegas, were this was the station.The actual platform/station was behind hotel.
The nearest stations from the BNSF line are Kingman, AZ and Needles, CA. But there is no rail line between there and LV. Also between Kingman and LV is the Colorado River, Lake Mead and Hoover Dam!
AlohaNot to say you're wrong, but you're wrong!When I first read this I thought Anthony meant in Los Vegas, were this was the station.The actual platform/station was behind hotel.
The LV station was not behind Main Street Station! It was connected to, in and behind the Union Plaza (as in Union Pacific - the original owners)! The Union Plaza is a short way from Main Street Station. (If I'm not mistaken, the front of the canopy on the bottom left of the photo is where the Union Plaza is located.)
