Narration almost A+. For a man with no real communications/speaking background, it was very informative. I found myself NOT asking any questions--and I have a lifetime of speaking experience. My daughter just moved to Salt Lake City (Bountiful) and I recognized the D&RGW depot in your great hopeful drawings. I don't think you mentioned the number of grade crossings that could be eliminated, and I didn't count them the last time I visited out there, but it is probably far more than in Reno. This would be an incredible boost to the area's economy of course. I just noticed your other "Plan" uploads, so I'll watch them right now. I'm 79. July 26, 2023. St. Joseph, MO, USA
Thanks, Warren! In Salt Lake City, we will be able to close 4 major railroad crossings, remove commuter rail from another, and potentially replace a major road overpass with a level street. In some ways, the Rio Grande Plan is a bigger project than the Reno trench, but I think the comparison is still useful. I'm glad you enjoyed the narration and the plan!
I have visited Salt Lake city recently. I found that the beautiful Rio Grand station still exists, but is nowhere the tracks and I thought that it was a shame that the station was not used anymore. I think that this plan is GREAT! I hope it happens!
It should be pointed out the primary reason for the Trench was because the number of fast moving cargo trains multiplied, which would've multiplied both the hassle of road traffick closures and the danger of collisions. This also has an additional safety benefit in the event of a derailment, the trench which is below ground water level, is water proof and can contain a hazardous spill which might otherwise contaminate the groundwater. Also, hazmat crews can apply foam to mitigate hazardous fumes for certain kinds of spills
I'm betting I saw this vid today because I was texting a friend about how awesome the 4014 is going to look coming back up to grade from the trench when it gets here on 7/14. Such is Google. Not familiar with SLC so I hope the inspiration you got here can make some positive input.
You forgot the train horns blowing all night long at every crossing … couldn’t sleep at night in the hotels day or night !!! Down Town Reno hotels are great now and so so quiet ,,,
When playing city skylines, I love digging "train trenches". Its a very satisfying urban development. As a railfan, I confess it does sadden me when grade crossings are removed. But at the end of the day, grade separation is essential in heavily populated areas, particularly near train yards.
Awesome video! Thank you!! I live here since before the trench and I never even got that good of look at it before. Great info, I appreciate it a lot more.👍 And yea, excellent narrator too. Got a PBS vibe.🎙️
When the RROC would take a private railroad car from the Bay area to Reno, we would get detached from Amtrak by the wye there and once the switcher engine would have us parked on the siding, a fancy large hotel bus would pull up, take off our luggage while we walked 15 feet from the private car to the bus and off we would go for private tours of Harrahs automobile facility, tour Mozarts place and of course the Imperial Palace cars. I now wonder where a private car would get unhooked and get into the wye??? Where would those hotel busses park to get those passengers off of a private car? It's been many years since i was so lucky to go on those trips, it could be that the wye was more north of town than I recall and the change takes place the same way in sparks?? I forget!!!
I didn’t realize this was a thing until I went through Reno on the California Zephyr. What’s funny is that I’ve played train sim 2014 on thensieera Nevada route from colfax to Reno (set in SP time). I almost overshot the platform because the station was so subtle.
2:00 It just occurred to me that there must be a very large drainage system below all of this. They keep whining about doing the needed grade separations along the Caltrain corridor south of running San Francisco.
Drainage concerns are real, especially since this trench was built only a few hundred feet from a river. But so far, water ingress has not been a problem in Reno.
You’d have a death wish to be in the trench plus railroad is all private property so there is no prohibition about removing homeless people, tents or property.
I am glad saved train route plus, save historical Reno train station too for passengers. Yes, your trip as I recalled as I've travelling on Amtrak train even before Amtrak became nationwide (formerly individual railroad passengers companies became no longer confused with many transfers) for over 55 years. I hopped once or twice a year acrossing any part of USA as I love it and no matter if the train is delays or on time because train travellings are blasting with wonderful socially different people from all over the places and a beauty by looking views passing different areas too. And I'm using mostly sleeper car that is including no extra cost eating in dining car is the best! And their real foods are great! Able to walk entire each cars or standing out of train car on platform if stop for 10 or more minutes (don't wonder away from platform then the train will left by catch up on schedule or be on-time a minute or two before). While monitoring the completely refueling in locomotives, done by exchanging suitcases in baggage car, finishing filling up water each car and less passengers hopping in or hopping out will be leaving early as a schedule. I used took Southern Pacific (SP) Peninsula Commuter trains for years. SP ran between San Francisco and San Jose, now called Caltrain extended to Gilroy (south of San Jose). For you guys are taking a short trip on any long distance Amtrak to see if you like the train before taking longer trip. Also, check train status (keeping repeating if a train is catch up) for the arrival to save your waiting. Enjoy!
The Rio Grande Plan would stay within city ROW for almost the entire project. There is the possibility that a connecting spur line would need to go below one of the Liberty Gateway buildings, but the impact is yet to be determined. These are still the very early days of concept planning. No property is in imminent danger.
It's been years since I rode through Reno or was held up at one of the grade crossings on other visits. This is a great improvement!! The question I have however is, what's with all the cracks in the concrete walls before and after the depot? Looks very ominous for such a relatively new project! Great video!!
Yeah, lots of cracks isn't a good thing, but it almost certainly isn't a sign of failure either. Most of the structure of modern retaining walls comes from tie-backs or soil nails that extend out horizontally, and use the weight of the ground above them to hold everything in place. So long as the cracks are regularly sealed so that water doesn't degrade the internal rebar, the walls should hold up just fine. For the Rio Grande Plan in Salt Lake City, we may not have the space for long horizontal tie-backs, so overhead buttresses similar to the Alameda Corridor in Los Angeles might be used instead.
There's too much bare concrete. Blank concrete walls invite graffiti. Some kind of rough surface to discourage graffiti should be used. And the platform would look better with decorative pavers rather than more concrete.
Its great that there are already projects that are already completed that SLC can look to when they implement this plan! I agree that the homeless camping issue would have to be addressed for the safety of the general public and the use of this great infrastructure project. Something I was thinking of was futureproofing the project, have you and your team considered the plan created by UTA that has high speed rail coming into SLC Central? That might mean that the Rio Grande Plan needs more tracks than the four frontrunner and future UTA transit tracks. What about increased freight traffic as well? Just food for thought. Side note, I send you an email with an idea to reach out to the High Speed Alliance to do one of their webinars. That might be a good forum to reach new people and get them interested in the project! One final thing, has the plan moved onto Instagram? Might be another great place to find and connect with urban developers and transit enthusiasts.
Thanks for the great suggestions! As far as High Speed Rail is concerned, I have my doubts that a new dedicated 200mph passenger rail line is coming anytime soon. More realistic would be a Brightline (Florida) style higher-speed service that mostly utilizes existing freight (former passenger!) lines. These trains would use the freight/Amtrak tracks on the west side of the train box. However... IF a new High Speed line were to be built through the Salt Lake Valley, it would almost certainly go east-west, following the traffic of I-80 (a north-south link to LV could tie-in in Tooele Valley). This means that the HSR would essentially overlap with the east-west commuter/regional rail line we should between Tooele and Park City. Who knows, perhaps that line could be partially funded with HSR money to future proof it for faster trains. I envision the east-west line operating with high platforms and single-level EMUs so that high speed trains can share platforms at certain stations, including the Rio Grande Depot and a new rail hub built out by the airport. I'll probably make a video about it in the future - but to answer your question, yes, we have thought about it!
@@CSLenhart The I-15 median row is wide enough to north of Spanish Fork where it can jump on to the UTA line into SLC. It would interline like CAHSR is doing in SF. The ROW on the SF peninsula will be upgraded to 110mph, but Caltrain (UTA equivalent) will remain at 80mph due to frequent stops.
@@CSLenhart Thank you for the fun video and well-thought comment, Christian! I've had a question about a Tooele to Park City/Heber commuter line. Where do you see the SLC-Park City segment running? Parley's seems too steep, but I'm not super familiar with the area. Is there another canyon that would work, or would such a line require tunneling through the mountain?
@sheltjk I believe Parley's Canyon is most feasible, and that no tunnel is needed. The average slope of I-15 from the mouth of the canyon to the summit is 4%, with a maximum grade of 6%. The steepest HSR grade is the world is 4%, until Brightline West completes its line through Cajon Pass, which will be at least 4.5%. Electric multiple units such as modern high speed trains or even TRAX light rail can climb some impressive grades, and as traction technology improves, this will only get better, making High Speed Rail even more feasible in mountainous areas such as Utah.
@@CSLenhart Yeah, it's really only steam locomotives and long freight trains that can't handle steep grades, but short electric passenger trains would do just fine on the same grades that are found on the interstate highway system.
Very nice video! One possible solution to the graffiti issue would be to hire local artists to paint murals at the end of construction. Many (but not all) graffiti "artists" will reflect others work and not paint over it.
Murals are a fantastic solution! What concerns me more than the paint is that the artists/vandals needed to trespass to access the walls, which would have put them in a dangerous situation. Putting the tracks below ground is meant to eliminate those kinds of conflicts.
@@CSLenhartI live in Reno, every year there are about 3+ deaths by people being hit by the train. Most happen just east of the trench where the homeless have camps along the tracks. Don't think there has been a death in the trench itself
@@westsparks6844That's disappointing. One would hope that a known issue (location of camps and lax security) would get some attention from authorities assigned to such problems...
Great question! In this case, it isn't about the curve, which could handle much higher speeds. Instead it has more to do with track maintenance/qualification. Obviously, the tracks are not poorly maintained (this is one of UP's most important routes!), but since the rest of the route between Reno and Truckee is maintained and certified for 40 mph, it doesn't make much sense for UP to apply a different standard for inspections and certification for such a short distance. TL;DR, the for-profit corporation is cutting costs by simplifying paperwork.
Well, that trench may be good for the city, but it's no fun for Amtrak passengers. It's like a sewer down there. In SLC, Amtrak doesn't even use the historical Rio Grande station, which is a real shame. It stops under some cold sterile overpass. The original Provo station is nowhere to be found either. Too bad. America's great train stations are part of a great train riding experience. They are historical and worth preserving and using for passenger services.
There were problems with this trench! They had a vote. The citizens were overwhelmingly against building it! The city fathers said, "Oh, the public just doesn't understand. They need to be educated." and then they built the thing anyway. There was an alternate route involving following a major highway around the downtown area, but they didn't like that. "It would be ugly," they said. It was also a lot cheaper. People living in the immediate area were hit with a huge tax bill to support the structure, and that hurt. The other problem is floods... The Truckee River floods flood from time to time. What is going to happen if a flood hits that tunnel? "There's adequite drainage," they said. No, there isn't. The city fathers decided this thing was going to happen, and it happened. They didn't listen, and they didn't care. The public was not behind it.
Thank you for the perspective. I'm certain this project wasn't all clear sailing - no project ever is. But it seems clear to me that the trench, with all its costs, is better than what it replaced. As an engineer, my attitude is generally towards taking action to solve problems. Sequential problems can and will be solved in due time.
I agree that it would be frustrating as a passenger to have to walk through a parking garage in order to get to my bus. But the good news is that it isn't too late! The train platform goes right past the bus station, so adding in a staircase/elevator and bridge shouldn't be too difficult.
Ah yes, such respect for other humans calling them blight. I'm sure your solution to the homeless includes building shelters and providing mental health care.
I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. Yes, the humans need assistance. With a little compassion, their living circumstances can be dramatically improved. The clutter of objects within an active railroad corridor is a hazard to railroad employees and potentially emergency responders, and needs to be taken seriously.
That isn't what I meant. The people need assistance. The infrastructure needs better protections to keep people out of dangerous spaces - such as a confined trench with active railroad tracks.
You want to see nice trains,, go to Russia,, new trains that are only two years old in Russia are already being replaced with even Newer more advanced Highly glass cars....
the cost to the casinos was tiny. but they got 100% of the benefits. the casinos should have covered 100% of the cost. not the tax payers. who get nothing out of it.
Narration almost A+. For a man with no real communications/speaking background, it was very informative. I found myself NOT asking any questions--and I have a lifetime of speaking experience. My daughter just moved to Salt Lake City (Bountiful) and I recognized the D&RGW depot in your great hopeful drawings. I don't think you mentioned the number of grade crossings that could be eliminated, and I didn't count them the last time I visited out there, but it is probably far more than in Reno. This would be an incredible boost to the area's economy of course. I just noticed your other "Plan" uploads, so I'll watch them right now. I'm 79. July 26, 2023. St. Joseph, MO, USA
Thanks, Warren! In Salt Lake City, we will be able to close 4 major railroad crossings, remove commuter rail from another, and potentially replace a major road overpass with a level street. In some ways, the Rio Grande Plan is a bigger project than the Reno trench, but I think the comparison is still useful. I'm glad you enjoyed the narration and the plan!
Very Nice. I enjoyed watching this.
I think it is a great idea and a big improvement for the city.
A very interesting presentation!! As a model railroader, I think a similar trench/station would be a unique thing to model.
I'm envious that you managed to catch a rare on-time #5.
We got very lucky, in both directions! I'll make a full report in my next video.
I have visited Salt Lake city recently. I found that the beautiful Rio Grand station still exists, but is nowhere the tracks and I thought that it was a shame that the station was not used anymore. I think that this plan is GREAT! I hope it happens!
Have ridden thru here on California Zypher many times since the 7os, last time last year. Fun train ride.
It should be pointed out the primary reason for the Trench was because the number of fast moving cargo trains multiplied, which would've multiplied both the hassle of road traffick closures and the danger of collisions. This also has an additional safety benefit in the event of a derailment, the trench which is below ground water level, is water proof and can contain a hazardous spill which might otherwise contaminate the groundwater. Also, hazmat crews can apply foam to mitigate hazardous fumes for certain kinds of spills
Very relevant given there are people saying that the Rio Grande Plan train box wont do well in an event of a flood or a derailment.
Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.
Aw, thanks! I hope you have a nice day too!
The freight trains used to come through town in the wee hours of the morning blasting their air horns.
I'm betting I saw this vid today because I was texting a friend about how awesome the 4014 is going to look coming back up to grade from the trench when it gets here on 7/14. Such is Google. Not familiar with SLC so I hope the inspiration you got here can make some positive input.
You forgot the train horns blowing all night long at every crossing … couldn’t sleep at night in the hotels day or night !!!
Down Town Reno hotels are great now and so so quiet ,,,
California Zephyr from Emeryville or Sacramento to Reno is one of the most beautiful rides in the world. Highly recommended.
When playing city skylines, I love digging "train trenches". Its a very satisfying urban development.
As a railfan, I confess it does sadden me when grade crossings are removed. But at the end of the day, grade separation is essential in heavily populated areas, particularly near train yards.
Awesome video! Thank you!! I live here since before the trench and I never even got that good of look at it before. Great info, I appreciate it a lot more.👍
And yea, excellent narrator too. Got a PBS vibe.🎙️
Perhaps there will be more trains, at least between California and Reno, and perhaps even to SLC :-)
I hope so! Our last trip to California was by train, and it was amazing. We're already planning our next big Amtrak trip for sometime next year.
The only thing that makes me sad is that we were only one day apart from being on the same Amtrak train haha ;-;
When the RROC would take a private railroad car from the Bay area to Reno, we would get detached from Amtrak by the wye there and once the switcher engine would have us parked on the siding, a fancy large hotel bus would pull up, take off our luggage while we walked 15 feet from the private car to the bus and off we would go for private tours of Harrahs automobile facility, tour Mozarts place and of course the Imperial Palace cars. I now wonder where a private car would get unhooked and get into the wye??? Where would those hotel busses park to get those passengers off of a private car? It's been many years since i was so lucky to go on those trips, it could be that the wye was more north of town than I recall and the change takes place the same way in sparks?? I forget!!!
I didn’t realize this was a thing until I went through Reno on the California Zephyr.
What’s funny is that I’ve played train sim 2014 on thensieera Nevada route from colfax to Reno (set in SP time). I almost overshot the platform because the station was so subtle.
good investment
Wow the length of a UP Freight Train is 3.3 to 3.6 times the allowed length in Europe 825m or 750m.
It's pretty crazy! And remember, that's an Average!
2:00 It just occurred to me that there must be a very large drainage system below all of this. They keep whining about doing the needed grade separations along the Caltrain corridor south of running San Francisco.
Drainage concerns are real, especially since this trench was built only a few hundred feet from a river. But so far, water ingress has not been a problem in Reno.
Can you imagine, tents down in the Alameda Cooridor?? ⛺️
You’d have a death wish to be in the trench plus railroad is all private property so there is no prohibition about removing homeless people, tents or property.
I am glad saved train route plus, save historical Reno train station too for passengers.
Yes, your trip as I recalled as I've travelling on Amtrak train even before Amtrak became nationwide (formerly individual railroad passengers companies became no longer confused with many transfers) for over 55 years. I hopped once or twice a year acrossing any part of USA as I love it and no matter if the train is delays or on time because train travellings are blasting with wonderful socially different people from all over the places and a beauty by looking views passing different areas too. And I'm using mostly sleeper car that is including no extra cost eating in dining car is the best! And their real foods are great! Able to walk entire each cars or standing out of train car on platform if stop for 10 or more minutes (don't wonder away from platform then the train will left by catch up on schedule or be on-time a minute or two before). While monitoring the completely refueling in locomotives, done by exchanging suitcases in baggage car, finishing filling up water each car and less passengers hopping in or hopping out will be leaving early as a schedule.
I used took Southern Pacific (SP) Peninsula Commuter trains for years. SP ran between San Francisco and San Jose, now called Caltrain extended to Gilroy (south of San Jose).
For you guys are taking a short trip on any long distance Amtrak to see if you like the train before taking longer trip. Also, check train status (keeping repeating if a train is catch up) for the arrival to save your waiting. Enjoy!
They copied El Paso, Texas, who did the same thing with the Southern Pacific tracks through its downtown in the 1950's 😊
That Gateway plan..tell us more about the residential impact. Are the condo’s on the west side, 500 w, impacted?
The Rio Grande Plan would stay within city ROW for almost the entire project. There is the possibility that a connecting spur line would need to go below one of the Liberty Gateway buildings, but the impact is yet to be determined.
These are still the very early days of concept planning. No property is in imminent danger.
It's been years since I rode through Reno or was held up at one of the grade crossings on other visits. This is a great improvement!! The question I have however is, what's with all the cracks in the concrete walls before and after the depot?
Looks very ominous for such a relatively new project!
Great video!!
Yeah, lots of cracks isn't a good thing, but it almost certainly isn't a sign of failure either. Most of the structure of modern retaining walls comes from tie-backs or soil nails that extend out horizontally, and use the weight of the ground above them to hold everything in place. So long as the cracks are regularly sealed so that water doesn't degrade the internal rebar, the walls should hold up just fine.
For the Rio Grande Plan in Salt Lake City, we may not have the space for long horizontal tie-backs, so overhead buttresses similar to the Alameda Corridor in Los Angeles might be used instead.
There's too much bare concrete. Blank concrete walls invite graffiti. Some kind of rough surface to discourage graffiti should be used. And the platform would look better with decorative pavers rather than more concrete.
STILL rio grande ideas make me think Slcp for some reason.. But change made from within (the box ) seems to work the best!
Its great that there are already projects that are already completed that SLC can look to when they implement this plan! I agree that the homeless camping issue would have to be addressed for the safety of the general public and the use of this great infrastructure project. Something I was thinking of was futureproofing the project, have you and your team considered the plan created by UTA that has high speed rail coming into SLC Central? That might mean that the Rio Grande Plan needs more tracks than the four frontrunner and future UTA transit tracks. What about increased freight traffic as well? Just food for thought.
Side note, I send you an email with an idea to reach out to the High Speed Alliance to do one of their webinars. That might be a good forum to reach new people and get them interested in the project!
One final thing, has the plan moved onto Instagram? Might be another great place to find and connect with urban developers and transit enthusiasts.
Thanks for the great suggestions!
As far as High Speed Rail is concerned, I have my doubts that a new dedicated 200mph passenger rail line is coming anytime soon. More realistic would be a Brightline (Florida) style higher-speed service that mostly utilizes existing freight (former passenger!) lines. These trains would use the freight/Amtrak tracks on the west side of the train box.
However...
IF a new High Speed line were to be built through the Salt Lake Valley, it would almost certainly go east-west, following the traffic of I-80 (a north-south link to LV could tie-in in Tooele Valley). This means that the HSR would essentially overlap with the east-west commuter/regional rail line we should between Tooele and Park City. Who knows, perhaps that line could be partially funded with HSR money to future proof it for faster trains. I envision the east-west line operating with high platforms and single-level EMUs so that high speed trains can share platforms at certain stations, including the Rio Grande Depot and a new rail hub built out by the airport.
I'll probably make a video about it in the future - but to answer your question, yes, we have thought about it!
@@CSLenhart The I-15 median row is wide enough to north of Spanish Fork where it can jump on to the UTA line into SLC. It would interline like CAHSR is doing in SF. The ROW on the SF peninsula will be upgraded to 110mph, but Caltrain (UTA equivalent) will remain at 80mph due to frequent stops.
@@CSLenhart Thank you for the fun video and well-thought comment, Christian! I've had a question about a Tooele to Park City/Heber commuter line. Where do you see the SLC-Park City segment running? Parley's seems too steep, but I'm not super familiar with the area. Is there another canyon that would work, or would such a line require tunneling through the mountain?
@sheltjk I believe Parley's Canyon is most feasible, and that no tunnel is needed. The average slope of I-15 from the mouth of the canyon to the summit is 4%, with a maximum grade of 6%. The steepest HSR grade is the world is 4%, until Brightline West completes its line through Cajon Pass, which will be at least 4.5%.
Electric multiple units such as modern high speed trains or even TRAX light rail can climb some impressive grades, and as traction technology improves, this will only get better, making High Speed Rail even more feasible in mountainous areas such as Utah.
@@CSLenhart Yeah, it's really only steam locomotives and long freight trains that can't handle steep grades, but short electric passenger trains would do just fine on the same grades that are found on the interstate highway system.
Very nice video! One possible solution to the graffiti issue would be to hire local artists to paint murals at the end of construction. Many (but not all) graffiti "artists" will reflect others work and not paint over it.
Murals are a fantastic solution! What concerns me more than the paint is that the artists/vandals needed to trespass to access the walls, which would have put them in a dangerous situation. Putting the tracks below ground is meant to eliminate those kinds of conflicts.
@@CSLenhartI live in Reno, every year there are about 3+ deaths by people being hit by the train. Most happen just east of the trench where the homeless have camps along the tracks. Don't think there has been a death in the trench itself
@@westsparks6844That's disappointing. One would hope that a known issue (location of camps and lax security) would get some attention from authorities assigned to such problems...
At 4:35 : that, and the fact that the SLC Amtrak station SUCKS.
Lol
I'm working my hardest to get that situation fixed! 😉
Why is the speed limit capped at 40 mph in the Reno train box? Is it the curve at the end or is it something about trenches like that?
Great question! In this case, it isn't about the curve, which could handle much higher speeds. Instead it has more to do with track maintenance/qualification. Obviously, the tracks are not poorly maintained (this is one of UP's most important routes!), but since the rest of the route between Reno and Truckee is maintained and certified for 40 mph, it doesn't make much sense for UP to apply a different standard for inspections and certification for such a short distance.
TL;DR, the for-profit corporation is cutting costs by simplifying paperwork.
@@CSLenhart thanks!
Well, that trench may be good for the city, but it's no fun for Amtrak passengers. It's like a sewer down there.
In SLC, Amtrak doesn't even use the historical Rio Grande station, which is a real shame. It stops under some cold sterile overpass. The original Provo station is nowhere to be found either. Too bad. America's great train stations are part of a great train riding experience. They are historical and worth preserving and using for passenger services.
There were problems with this trench! They had a vote. The citizens were overwhelmingly against building it! The city fathers said, "Oh, the public just doesn't understand. They need to be educated." and then they built the thing anyway. There was an alternate route involving following a major highway around the downtown area, but they didn't like that. "It would be ugly," they said. It was also a lot cheaper. People living in the immediate area were hit with a huge tax bill to support the structure, and that hurt. The other problem is floods... The Truckee River floods flood from time to time. What is going to happen if a flood hits that tunnel? "There's adequite drainage," they said. No, there isn't. The city fathers decided this thing was going to happen, and it happened. They didn't listen, and they didn't care. The public was not behind it.
Thank you for the perspective. I'm certain this project wasn't all clear sailing - no project ever is. But it seems clear to me that the trench, with all its costs, is better than what it replaced.
As an engineer, my attitude is generally towards taking action to solve problems. Sequential problems can and will be solved in due time.
No matter how much you dress up that town or bury its infrastructure, it still looks like "Reno 911".
the bus hub should have only been a staircase, elevator ride away. not blocks. piss pore planing there.
I agree that it would be frustrating as a passenger to have to walk through a parking garage in order to get to my bus. But the good news is that it isn't too late! The train platform goes right past the bus station, so adding in a staircase/elevator and bridge shouldn't be too difficult.
No room to put new bus station, really not that far away.
Sad what I love was such a Beeast of burden
Ah yes, such respect for other humans calling them blight. I'm sure your solution to the homeless includes building shelters and providing mental health care.
I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. Yes, the humans need assistance. With a little compassion, their living circumstances can be dramatically improved.
The clutter of objects within an active railroad corridor is a hazard to railroad employees and potentially emergency responders, and needs to be taken seriously.
Railroads around America are losing their nostalgia when tracks are realign and put into a trench. Just not the same anymore.
Interesting--you really should remix your audio-the music overwhelms your narration
It is interesting how HUMANS are referred to as "urban blight" in this video.
That isn't what I meant. The people need assistance. The infrastructure needs better protections to keep people out of dangerous spaces - such as a confined trench with active railroad tracks.
You want to see nice trains,, go to Russia,, new trains that are only two years old in Russia are already being replaced with even Newer more advanced Highly glass cars....
the cost to the casinos was tiny. but they got 100% of the benefits. the casinos should have covered 100% of the cost. not the tax payers. who get nothing out of it.
steerpoop.....