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.
