Modern commuter service -
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Provo metropolitan areas. FrontRunner operates on a portion
of the right-of-way of the Utah Central Railroad, built in 1869
to connect the first transcontinental railroad with Salt Lake
City. Most of the single-track railroad is separate from the UP,
except for about six miles of shared track north of Ogden. Of
course, your version could include more shared trackage. The
railroad has operated MP36PH-3C locomotives and hi-level
Bombardier cab cars and coaches, supplemented by additional
Comet Coaches acquired used from New Jersey Transit.
A larger example of commuter rail operations is the for-
mer Southern Pacific commuter service in and around San
Francisco. SP once operated over the same rails, with Fairbanks
Morse locomotives and a variety of classic equipment. Today,
2: Both running in reverse, a pair of VRE consists dem-
onstrate a variety of equipment and paint schemes,
available from Wheels of Time and Kato.
MRH-Feb 2013
