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UTA sees a brighter future for train travel in Utah, if it gets through the challenges of the present.
The Frontrunner train had only moved a couple miles from North Temple Station and through the Utah Transit Authority railyard—where the track straightens out near the Davis County line—when operator James Morriss throttled back and slowed the hulking vehicle to a lumbering crawl.
James Morriss operates a Frontrunner train next to freeway traffic on October 4, 2024. Frontrunner trains undergo maintenance at UTA's Warm Springs facility on October 4, 2024. SWEDE TOWN—The Frontrunner train had only moved a couple miles from North Temple Station and through the Utah Transit Authority railyard—where the track straightens out near the Davis County line—when operator James Morriss throttled back and slowed the hulking vehicle to a lumbering crawl.
Ahead, a work crew was visible at one of the roughly 70 surface crossings that disrupt the 88-mile-long Frontrunner route, which…
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