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A Foamer Guy. My apologies if I post anything else 🫡 Left the platform for a time. Still inactive
Joined September 2021
FYI. I've moved all my activity over to B-Sy. I'm much more happy on that site than I've been here since I made the move. But this is a new pinned tweet for those who rediscover this account (find link in previous tweet)
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Updated map
The full Amtrak corridor ID and funding report has been released. I'll be working all of tomorrow to get a video together about it
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Surprised not many people on Twitter are talking about this. Big accident east of Denver last night as CZ #6 hit a Milk Truck on the tracks
UPDATE: As of 11:33 PM MT, California Zephyr Train 6, which departed Emeryville (EMY) on 01/29, will terminate at Denver (DEN) due to a recent vehicle incident involving an Amtrak Train. For further assistance, please call/text 1-800-USA-RAIL.
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Shot of the day. This clip is about two minutes. Less comfortable with the flying path. Usually, I keep it overhead linearly. This helps with keeping it in a visual line of sight. Thankfully, I knew the area enough that I was able to keep an eye on the drone while chasing here
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Caltrain shipment going out to the bay from Stadler. Caught here at Kennecott where many would hope someday a FrontRunner-like system would run. Not today, but the closest we can get
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@PEREZRAClNG Toto Wolff to me feels like he's super desperate to have Kimi in order to not lose a "Max Verstappen." Whether or not he is the next Max, we'll see but I do agree with you that he's not ready.
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Today was a long day, there will be plenty of them this week. But here's a thread of all the stuff I caught today. Starting off with FrontRunner over I-215
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Been waiting nearly two hours for this fella to come back from the plant. But I did get this on it's way from the Mine this morning
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@beatmastermatt I don't understand why people are so against immigration. It's what made this country, and it will be what keeps this country alive.
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The Great Salt Lake Causeway is an imposing piece of infrastructure. Second busiest railroad in Utah behind Weber/Echo Canyon
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Some shots from my visit to Stadler today! What an awesome facility with awesome people. I did feel sad that they didn't let us take photographs inside. But the staff and employees there were amazing!. Oh, and quite a bit of them were excited to talk about @RM_Transit lol
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I know how controversial The Rio Grande Plan is, but can we all agree that Ogden Union Station getting trains again is such a no brainer?
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@transitlanta I do find it annoying. Because not everyone can move to the Netherlands or Switzerland. In fact, it's bad if we all do because of the housing crisis arising because of it. We should not abandon North America. But fight for a better one.
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Shot of the day. Thought this would be a future double-track section but I got the location wrong. Still pretty cool to catch.
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There has never been a meme like this one that has aged better and better the older it gets. John Oliver's video tonight bringing in a new wave of Elonites defending their lord and savior
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Considering Frontrunner is a single route. I would say with the enhancements coming in the next decade. It's pretty much competing in terms of quality of service to Northeast and I would even say partially European services
State capitals with most # weekday daily roundtrip trains (approx; Amtrak & commuter):.Boston: lots.Trenton: 108 (+ River Line: 156).Salt Lake City: 35.Austin: 17.Harrisburg: 14.Hartford: 14.Albany: 12.Santa Fe: 10.Raleigh: 6.Springfield: 5.Salem: 3.Jefferson City: 2.
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@John_Reston_II @MonstersMirror @yhdistyminen @noahmtweets @NoahCRothman Bruh I didn't think people who actually used this existed lmao
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I think something that many people forget about Stadler in Utah is that they make locomotives and vehicles that are suitable for Trax. I hope that UTA considers using at least one of these models in the near future. Or at least #Utleg starts pushing for more Utah-made trains!
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Shot of the day: FrontRunner departing American Fork. While it is a single track north of the station. The FrontRunner 2X project will see its longest new double-track segment just north of this station, at 3.6 miles of new double-track
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Ran late with car problems for the second run. But did get this video and another one in the replies
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@ThunderWolf08 Alternatively news broadcasters will just use the regional rail sometimes. Happens a ton with Frontrunner
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Some additional photos! In particular, the Stadler FLIRTs that I and other people would be happy to tell you about how they would be perfect for UTA Frontrunner! Let's make it happen!. #stadler #frontrunner
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@CFBONFOX @oregonfootball As a Utah fan, well played Oregon. Knew our game and destroyed us!.
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Best part about this is that it's across the Amtrak Station.
Oklahoma City Planning Commission votes to approve plans for tallest building in America, sending proposal to the City Council for final review
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I'm not a big fan of the FLIRTs aesthetically, but they do seem to be the future of regional rail for many railroads in America. I also hope KISS trains also have just as strong of a future in America
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@growing_daniel "doesn't even take up any land". Bro, look at this map of SLC and tell me where the passenger stations are versus the Airport lol. The interstates take up much more land than the railroads as well
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@RM_Transit I did agree with the video that many people will complain about things without actually doing stuff. However, as City Nerd put it, can't really make a YT career off of that. Your channel and others like Alan's inspired me to get active in city meetings. Wish others did too hwvr.
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Something important to highlight is that Abravanel Hall has been around longer than the Salt Palace. You can see in this background the former Jazz Arena
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Happy to say that I will be going down to Texas for a week, mostly around Dallas-Fort Worth region. Looking for suggestions for transit that would be worth the visit that most people don't know exists. @TheRedLine_pod @MRC_SLC and anyone else?
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"We can't spend billions of dollars on railroad projects". PLEASE, UDOT here is building new multi-billion freeways every other year.
And just like that the West Davis Highway is officially OPEN. 🥳. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate.
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The top 4 ranked on what we need to do in Transit:.1. Rio Grande Plan.2. Orange Line from the Airport to UofU.3. Better busses/more luxurious busses up the canyons.4. More Amtrak routes, intrastate and interstate.
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@ThePrimalDino I like the new David Willis more. He's made me learned new things and gave me a reason to be excited for SLS.
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* Financially Unconstrained *.-Only has one new Trax line.-No Logan connection .-Minimal service to growing regions . Like c'mon UTA, UDOT built WDC and MVC cause of anticipated growth. Some future planning would be nice
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@UtahDOT I'm glad there's a legal challenge on this. It felt very biased from the inception. Especially when companies that offered to help with trains or busses started coming out and saying that you overinflated the costs of the alternatives or put them at disadvantage.
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When the summer started I switched locations for work. Moving to downtown. This means I could use Trax. Here is my reflection after relying on Trax over a Car for most commutes. A Thread:
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This would be fire
@averagejoejesse @TheRedLine_pod MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR FLIRT I NEED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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I should upload more of my pictures to Wikipedia cause man it's fun to see people post them lol.
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Quite a good catch at SLC today, and the best day for it lol cause no one believes this haha
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Here's a photo for y'all to imagine such a future. @TheRedLine_pod @RideUTRU @MattGraySLC @MRC_SLC . #Frontrunner #UTA
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Blooper of the day. I was texting someone and didn't realize the gates were coming down so I rapidly got off the ground to try and chase. Turned out to be a Utah Railway
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@hankgreen @chanteur_sagi likes and retweets. Because some people just want that satisfaction.
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@SpaceXPlaidMode @SpaceHub_SL @DavidBflower @NASAHubble @NASAWebb @apod @SciExplorist @starkAshM @Aerospace_Lovr This is a render, not an image. you can tell because the mountains, sea, and valleys. .
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I support Moulton's Bill. But I hate whenever anyone says Acela isn't *true* HSR. I think many states with smaller populations could see great success if they had an Acela-like service on existing tracks. Without needing to build new infrastructure.
@evansmith2020 @Beyonce Acela isn’t true High-Speed Rail, it doesn’t go over 180 mph 😔.
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Drove around Draper today. Stopped by this interesting station. Taken Trax all the way down here twice, but haven't really ever explored the region
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@the_transit_guy I know what point you're making, but Utah has a corridor with trains on it lol. Maybe Wyoming?
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The last Frontrunner I had to catch to complete my collection. I waited for most of the year to finally catch this train. Glad to catch it during one of it's test runs.
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Sometimes when I'm lonely I sit and think about him.And it hurts to remember all the good times
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Outside of Frontrunner, what railroad projects should be on the top of priorities if we host the Olympics in 2034?. You get two projects!
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If you ever feel iffy about Salt Lake Central. Just remember there are a lot of cities in the US much larger than Salt Lake that could only dream of having a station with regional rail and intercity trains. By no means perfect, far from it, but it's still a decent station
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@OfficialJRat12 @tebuevd @philipvsavage @sam_d_1995 @teslaownersSV @boringcompany Actually, LA has made some significant progress. Sucks to have such a decentralized city, but when I visited back in January there was progress!
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@KSL5TV Why did you blur the plate?.
PSA get a dashcam for your car. My wife and I were involved in a hit-and-run road rage incident today (we’re both fine) and the police were able to track the guy down because of the @tesla dashcam. The guy in the truck must’ve been very impatient with the traffic and decided to
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After doing the entirety of Bus Routes 972 and 994. I think I am more pro train up Little Cottonwood and pro bus lane up Big Cottonwood after my experiences today
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UDOT: We're gonna build a brand new highway, widening the state routes, and build new roads!.UTA: Look! We'll build a bus in the 2040s!.
WFRC, UDOT and UTA with local leaders have created a draft long-range transportation plan for the Tooele Valley through 2050. Check out the open house TONIGHT (6-8pm @ Tooele County Emergency Management Building) & share feedback at
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@DriveBikeWalk @Boenau @RichmondRCMP You missed the point. She would've have been in no danger if the driver noticed the right of way was occupied. The lights were flashing, she is legally allowed to cross. It's the drivers responsibility to give the right of way to the pedestrian.
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@CBQ_Fanatic Forget the logistical challenges. I don't ever see an American-Russian Railroad ever being built, ever.
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I mean, at least Utah has FrontRunner (which covers 80% of the State's population.) Which is the largest population in the region that didn't get a passenger train.
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We honestly need to talk more about this study as a nation. It would solve one of the largest issues with the current network and that is connectivity without needing to go to Chicago lolol
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I know we're supposed to hate AI, but man, these Utah Railroad prompts lol
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@DrChrisCombs As a rail enthusiast, I am frustrated that many Americans look at HSR when it's also just as important, or severely more important, That you have an excellent regional rail network that can take you to destinations in the area. Which most of America needs to improve on.
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Using 5600 W and the Garfield Branch you could get a decent connector line that could compete with the west side freeways
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One of the most controversial discussions in Utah Urbanism and Railfanning is the debate around Salt Lake Central's future. The next video project (since Deseret Power is scrapped from a failed trip,) is the controversy and history of Salt Lake Central
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UDOT has begun construction on MVC southern extension. In anticipation of future growth. For comparison, the Red Line may get a small extension by 2050. And no other Trax lines on the west side of the valley are planned :/
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