Transit Tax on Ballot in Weber County
Weber County is putting an initiative on the ballot for November, asking voters to increase taxes. They are calling it a transit tax however, no money will go to transit it all goes to roads.
{ Monthly Archives }
June 2007
Salt Lake County Bus Revamp
| August 26, 2007 |
The major Salt Lake County bus revamp will take place on August 26. This is a complete revamp of bus service.
Trip on the Zephyr
| September 12, 2007 | ||
| September 15, 2007 |
I took the westbound Zephyr on June 9th and let me just say it was an adventure.
In September, I will doing the full round trip to Denver from Salt Lake City to attend a meeting of the Institute of Management Consultants.
September 12th will be eastbound and September 15th will be the westbound journey.
John Dornoff
Late California Zephyr in December
December photos of a 7 Hour Late Eastbound California Zephyr passing the Murray Central TRAX station at 5300 South. While some delays on this train where caused by a Donner Pass Blizzard, the trains have been encountering substantial delays through Nevada. Amtrak and UP agreed to add 3 hours to the schedule of the Zephyr to allow UP to work on the tracks. This is much better than one solution Amtrak talked about and that was splitting the Zephyr in two at Denver.
The TRAX station is just behind the silos to the right of the train. Eventually this will be a transfer station from Frontrunner Commuter Rail Service to TRAX. In the extreme right of the photo you can see one building of a large new hospital complex going in that is directly across the street from the TRAX station.
All photos are copyrighted by John Dornoff
This train had a dead heading lounge car on the back.
Front Runner Stations-Layton
Former Union Pacific Station in Layton with Frontrunner Platform Construction in background.
Looking north from behind the former UP station, looking at the new Frontrunner platform and the Union Pacific tracks to the far side.
Two more views looking north with the UP tracks on the far side.
Former station now a restaurant. The Park N’ Ride will be to north (right) of the old station.
Notice: All Pictures Copyrighted by John Dornoff
Downtown Denver
Denver Union Station on June 8, 2007. A light rail train is leaving the station. In the background you have Denver’s 16th Street Free Mall Shuttle, and the tracks of Union Station. In the future there will be commuter trains serving Union Station so the area will become even more livelier.
Notice: Photo Copyrighted by John Dornoff
