(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is working with state and federal officials on the creation of a possible passenger rail connection to Idaho. Leaders in Salt Lake City and Boise have submitted a proposal to the Federal Railroad Administration that would reopen an old passenger rail line […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are trying to force railroad operators in Utah to reduce emissions at their rail yards. The Utah House approved House Bill 405 yesterday. The bill targets switchers, or locomotives used to move rail cars around a rail yard. Any rail yard that has […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state commission has agreed to provide a $21.4 million grant to a multicounty coalition for a proposed new 80-mile (129-kilometer) rail route to haul crude oil from eastern Utah to existing Union Pacific tracks northwest of Price in Carbon County. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that […]
