Brightline West, the rail company building a high-speed train route between Southern California and Las Vegas, released renderings of lounge cars to be built. Brightline West, the rail company that has begun building a fast train between Southern California and Las Vegas and aims to be done in time for the 2028 Olympics, has awarded a construction contract and released …
A train zips across the desert in an artist’s rendering for the Brightline West high-speed rail project that will connect Southern California and Las Vegas. Efforts to get high-speed rail from Southern California to the Las Vegas Strip are gaining steam, with the first images of what the trains might look like being released this week. Brightline West, the company …
When Simon Akinwolere, a 27-year-old cruise director, needed to commute from Orlando to Miami, he sorted through his travel options. A privately run train line between Orlando and Miami called Brightline has become Akinwolere’s favorite way to shuttle between the Florida cities since the long-haul service started in September. Florida’s train, which reaches speeds up to 125 mph, is owned …
As daylight rose over the parched and jagged Soda Mountains recently, an emaciated-looking bighorn ewe and two gaunt lambs hoofed carefully over volcanic outcroppings as they searched hungrily for increasingly rare clumps of greenery. Chris Clarke, associate director of the National Parks Conservation Assn.’s California Desert Program, at Soda Lake in the Mojave National Preserve along Zzyzx Road near Baker, …
