-> RJ> Just curious - are there still any electrified lines in the RJ>
-> northwestern US? The Milwaukee Road and Great Northern used to have
-> RJ> some interesting electrics, but I haven't heard of any
-> electrification
-> RJ> being used anywhere except the northeast for a long time.
->       Not in the northwestern US, but there are two isolated
-> lines in the western and southwestern US, one at Lake Powell, the
-> other in western Colorado.
->
->       Also I believe one in northeast Texas.
->
->       All connected with power plants or mines.
    Hmmm, a few years ago, on vacation, I was driving from Flagstaff AZ to 
Durango CO. Somewhere there in either northern AZ or southern UT I was 
vaguely able to make out, next to the highway I was on, what appeared to be 
an electrified railway which eventually ran into what looked like some sort 
of mine, quarry, or power plant operation. It was dark so I could see much 
detail other than an elevated roadbed on some catenary.
   I mentioned it to some acquaintances later and somebody said it was the 
Black Canyon or Black Mesa (?) operation.
   But I was wondering about mainline railroads, other than in the northeast, 
that might still be electrified. You say all of the old stuff in the 
northwest is gone, eh? Too bad...
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