Light Rail Transit Can Be Electrifying

A pair of Siemens S70s lead a UTA Green Line train across 4th South on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City.

A century apart... Built in 1908-1909, the Union Pacific passenger station served that railroad until the advent of Amtrak in 1971. Later, Amtrak utilized this station from 1976 (when the ... (more)

A Utah Transit Authority Siemens S70 LRV heads south on South Main Street, just south of the City Center stop, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is a Blue Line train, heading from SLC to Sandy.

Hampton Roads Transit operates "The Tide," a light rail line that extends 7.4 miles from the Eastern Virginia Medical Center complex east through downtown Norfolk to Newtown Road at the border of ... (more)

Approaching its final stop, a inbound Lynx train crosses 5th Street in uptown Charlotte, NC in early April 2014. In the background is the train's previous stop, the CTC Station.

A MetroRail two-car consist rolls south along Fannin Street and enters Hermann Park. The 12.8 mile Red Line is currently the only light rail line operating in Houston, and it opened on January 1,... (more)

A UTA Green Line train has reached the end of the rainbow approaching the Jordan Surplus Canal girder bridge in South Salt Lake. Once the train crosses the bridge, it will be in West Valley City a... (more)

Here's one for the 'traction' fans. A pair of Siemens S70s lead a Utah Transit Authority Green Line train along Salt Lake City's Main Street approaching the City Center station on 1st South. The b... (more)

On Saturday, August 17, 2013, the Utah Transit Authority opened a 3.8 mile extension of the Blue Line from the city of Sandy to Draper. A three car train of Siemens S70 LRVs is pictured cruising n... (more)

The Utah Transit Authority opened a 3.8 mile extension of the Blue Line from Sandy to Draper on Saturday, August 17, 2013. A two car train curves northward along the Intermountain Farmer's Associa... (more)

TriMet's MAX Red Line light rail service connects Portland International Airport, E/NE Portland, downtown Portland and Beaverton. Siemens S70 car 415 prepares to duck under the Burnside Street bri... (more)

A Utah Transit Authority TRAX light rail train rolls south along the Murray team tracks, viewed from the 14th floor of the Intermountain Medical Center tower. The Salt Lake City International Airp... (more)