Arizona Rail Passenger Association

“Workers are stringing light rail’s overhead power lines along Washington Street, another sign that testing trains in the street is only weeks away.

“The lines, strung between new poles spaced every 100 feet, offer a glimpse of the finished product when the 20-mile system opens in December 2008…”

Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic

Tucson’s modern streetcar project… is approaching the end of its gestation period… The City Council is scheduled to vote March 27 on what is called “the locally preferred alternative route.”

The route begins near Helen Street and Campbell Avenue, just south of University Medical Center. It will head south on Cherry Avenue to Second Street and the Main Gate shopping district, then go west on University Boulevard and south on Fourth Avenue.

From there it will go under the new and as-yet-unbuilt Fourth Avenue underpass. The streetcar will then head west on Congress Street and end up west of Interstate 10 in the cultural campus now under construction near the base of “A” Mountain…

Rest of the story in the Tucson Daily Star

As of March 2007. From Amtrak timetables and from Open Road Tours ( www.openroadtours.com )