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K.P., I'm sure you meant, "not packed between Daggett and Las Vegas." L.A. to Daggett is packed, all right. <br /> <br />Between Daggett and Las Vegas, the railroad isn't packed as far as sheer numbers of trains, but the running times between sidings, which in some places are fairly long, and the nature of the freight traffic -- long, heavy, slow -- make the addition of fast passenger trains problematic. <br /> <br />One shooter each way daily would only be a minor disruption. Two shooters each way daily, because they'd be clustered in daylight hours, would probably cause not twice as much disruption but eight times as much. Four shooters each way daily in daylight hours would essentially force the freight traffic to hold at Yermo and Daggett around a twice-daily window, unless a number of sidings were extended. <br /> <br />This is why the original plan between Amtrak and UP to add Vegas service contemplated connecting the sidings on the west slope of Cima Hill to form a second main track up the hill. Without that, UP would either be dog-catching a lot of freights, or delaying a lot of passenger trains. <br /> <br />OS <br /> <br />
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