While tripping merrily through the mail, Rick Jones was overheard
 RJ> AZ to Durango CO. Somewhere there in either northern AZ or southern UT
 RJ> I was vaguely able to make out, next to the highway I was on, what
 RJ> appeared to be an electrified railway which eventually ran into what
 RJ> looked like some sort of mine, quarry, or power plant operation. It
 RJ> was dark so I could see much detail other than an elevated roadbed on
 RJ> some catenary. I mentioned it to some acquaintances later and
 RJ> somebody said it was the Black Canyon or Black Mesa (?) operation.
Sounds like the "Black Mesa & Lake Powell"
I believe the "South Shore" is still under wire from South Bend IN into
Chicago, (although freight service is dieselized, the "Little Joes" are
retired) and the Illinois Central has some electrified "suburban" service,
but other than that, west of the appalachians, I think most heavy electric 
is gone.
Don
... CNS&M, America's FASTEST Interurban.
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