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Will there be a need for rail expansion in the West?
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There are only so many mountain passes suitable to build a railroad through. In an east west direction at the Continental Divide there is Marias Pass (Great Northern), near Butte (Northern Pacific), Sherman Hill (Union Pacific), Moffett Tunnel (Denver and Rio Grande), near Grants (Santa Fe) and near Lordsburg (Southern Pacific).... Some would not include Moffett Tunnel as a main line railroad.... <br /> <br />Recently the feds and the city of Los Angeles built a double rail line from downtown to Long Beach..... Compared to Illinois, California does not have anywhere near the mileage of railroads.... and it shows when Amtrak's Sunset Limited is late arriving into LA.... outside of a 3-3 hour window, the ports open, and the trains leave LA.....no matter what's coming in the other direction.....
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