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New oil find in Sevier County Utah; status of proposed rail link
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daveklepper: <br /> <br />The question is how much of the original branch was wiped out by the slide and subsequent flooding. A few miles? If so, would not the same relocation efforts for the mainline also work for the branch? Wouldn't it have been less expensive (even emulating the need for new tunnelling aka the mainline) to also rebuild the connection between the mainline and the undamaged branch, rather than this new rail link proposal from the UP main? That's the question that needs more in depth information. <br /> <br />mudchicken: I have a RFI out to the Six Counties rail link folks regarding the proposed profile of the new link. Assuming the weblink is still valid, I hope to hear back from them. <br /> <br />miniwyo: As I stated before, the new rail link proposal is predicated on the coal reserves in Sevier County, and has nothing to do with the new oil find. Thus, if the link does get built, the prospect of additional traffic via oil shuttles would be icing on the cake.
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