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Most people posting on other forums refuse to believe that Xanterra dropped steam in order to be green, even though Xanterra has said so themselves.  When I read Xanterra's website including 12 pages about their intense environmental philosophy and action plan, I have no problem believing that they dropped steam solely to be green.  Not only is their action understandable, it was predictable.  The reason that most people want to believe is responsible for Xanterra dropping steam is to save money by lowering operating cost, which would occur if they reverted back to diesels.  However, I don't believe that diesels are going to be green enough for Xanterra.  I speculate that electrification is the only solution will meet their green criteria for the railroad.  Some may argue that if steam was too costly, electrification will be more costly, so it would not make sense.  But again, that assumes that the dropped steam for cost reduction.  I believe that not only was cost reduction not a factor, but they will actually be willing to raise their investment cost in order to make the railroad green.There is a lot of consternation these days about how to make national park natural attractions accessible to people, but not their cars.  Public transit is the model to get people out of their cars, and LRT is the preferred embodiment of public transit.  So the GCRY comes ready made to fulfill that purpose.  If you replace its steam with electric, the whole Grand Canyon rail concept is as green as can be.
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