12-29-2012, 08:58 AM
Steamtrains Wrote:I picked #1....But I definitely also look for the road name.
Unfortunately, railfanning in these parts is nearly non-existent since UP pulled its yard out a couple of years back.... :evil:
That is unfortunate, especially in light of what they want to do here in Arizona....
Quote:The Arizona State Land Department cleared the path Monday for a land sale that could bring a massive rail yard to farmland near Picacho Peak, but that path could be a long and bumpy one with more challenges to the project than previously thought.
Union Pacific Corp. plans to construct a rail yard 6 miles long and 74 tracks wide, the biggest between Los Angeles and Texas, where it could split and reassemble trains according to their destinations.
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Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD