Proposals -- Western Long-Distance Trains

Trains of the North Pacific Corridor 22 October 2001
Spokane to Denver Train -- 19 April 2001.
Condensed schedule showing suggested new routes and major changes to existing routes
Route matrix of all Western long-distance trains
The Starlight Zephyr
- Los Angeles CA - Las Vegas NV - Salt Lake City UT - Portland WA - Seattle WA - Vancouver BC
The Desert Zephyr
- Los Angeles CA - Las Vegas NV - Salt Lake City UT - Denver CO - Omaha NE - Chicago IL - Toronto ONT
The Texas Zephyr
- (Vancouver BC - Seattle WA - Portland OR) - Salt Lake City UT - Denver CO - Oklahoma City OK - Dallas/Fort Worth TX - Houston TX - New Orleans LA
The Pioneer Zephyr
- (Vancouver BC - Seattle WA - Portland OR) - Salt Lake City UT - Denver CO - Omaha NE - Chicago IL
The California Zephyr
- Los Angeles CA - San Jose CA - Oakland CA - Sacramento CA - Reno NV - Salt Lake City UT - Denver CO - Chicago IL - Toledo OH - Cleveland OH - Buffalo NY - Albany NY - Boston MA

Notes:

Starlight Zephyr and Desert Zephyr run as a single train between Los Angeles and Ogden.
Starlight Zephyr, Texas Zephyr and Pioneer Zephyr run as a single train between Vancouver BC and Ogden.
Ogden will act as a hub for Utah.
- The station tracks at Ogden are not on the main freight routes so the cars can be switched here with out any problem. This moves all the switching to Ogden and makes for a simples and cheaper station layout in Salt Lake.
- The California Zephyr returns to Ogden, and all transcontinetal trains in Utah run the full length of the Wasatch Corridor (Ogden-Salt Lake City-Provo).
- In Ogden, the old Rio Grande apporach to the station will be used, allowing the station to be approached from both ends by trains coming from or going to Salt Lake City.

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