http://www.azrail.org Let's Get Arizona On Track To The Future Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:21:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-santa-fe-depot-reopens-as-county-offices/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-santa-fe-depot-reopens-as-county-offices/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:45:29 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=787 Adjacent Union Station may still be idle (other than being used by SPRINT maintenance vehicles) but the Santa Fe freight depot is alive again: After remaining vacant for more than 40 years, a historic Phoenix rail depot opened its doors this week with a new identity as a county office space. About 70 employees of the Maricopa [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-santa-fe-depot-reopens-as-county-offices/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/wikipedia-article-passenger-train-stations-in-arizona/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/wikipedia-article-passenger-train-stations-in-arizona/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:07:26 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/wikipedia-article-passenger-train-stations-in-arizona/ I have entered a large number of field observations into the new wikipedia article, Passenger_Train_Stations_in_Arizona — please help by seeing if you can spot any errors or omissions.  If you haven’t signed up with Wikipedia, it’s free to contribute, and together we can all help spread our knowledge. ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/wikipedia-article-passenger-train-stations-in-arizona/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/new-mexico-rio-bravo-station-groundbreaking/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/new-mexico-rio-bravo-station-groundbreaking/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:32:08 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/new-mexico-rio-bravo-station-groundbreaking/ The New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Mid-Region Council of Governments broke ground this month at Rio Bravo, south of Albuqeruque, for the new Rail Runner commuter rail station there.  Trains have been running since July between Albuquerque and Bernalillo, and since December between Albuquerque and Los Lunas. The new Rio Bravo station is [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/new-mexico-rio-bravo-station-groundbreaking/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/union-station-evokes-memories/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/union-station-evokes-memories/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:48:47 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/union-station-evokes-memories/ Planners hope to resurrect site as meeting place Angela Cara Pancrazio, The Arizona Republic Jan. 10, 2007 — As the renaissance of downtown Phoenix continues, preservationists and downtown planners envision a rejuvenated Union Station. The 1923 Mission Revival building could once again become a gathering place in the city’s core. Recent stories of the historic [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/union-station-evokes-memories/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2006/phoenix-union-station-reborn/ http://www.azrail.org/2006/phoenix-union-station-reborn/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:22:46 +0000 azrail http://www.azrail.org/2006/phoenix-union-station-reborn/ Downtown landmark eyed for shopping, dining Angela Cara Pancrazio The Arizona Republic Dec. 13, 2006 12:00 AM For more than two decades, the city has eyed the potential of Phoenix’s Union Station. With all of its space and its Mission Revival architecture, the 1923 rail-passenger center could be a city centerpiece filled with [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2006/phoenix-union-station-reborn/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2000/tucson-depots-hidden-treasures/ http://www.azrail.org/2000/tucson-depots-hidden-treasures/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:06:00 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2000/tucson-depots-hidden-treasures/ Arizona Daily Star, 30 October 2000. “Above the false ceilings and behind the hideous wood paneling and fuzzy wallpaper at the former Southern Pacific Railroad depot lies an architectural gem waiting to be restored… The $26 million, 12-year remodeling project began when the city bought the property about two years ago. It has been described as [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2000/tucson-depots-hidden-treasures/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2000/letter-to-downtown-parternship-re-phoenix-union-station/ http://www.azrail.org/2000/letter-to-downtown-parternship-re-phoenix-union-station/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2000 13:51:55 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2000/letter-to-downtown-parternship-re-phoenix-union-station/ October 20, 2000 Downtown Phoenix Partnership, Inc. 502 E. Monroe, Suite C-1 Phoenix, AZ 85004 To Whom It May Concern: The Arizona Rail Passenger Association supports the expansion of the Downtown District as described in your Fall 2000 newsletter. The revised boundaries would include all of what is popularly known as “Downtown Phoenix,” for the first time including Union Station [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2000/letter-to-downtown-parternship-re-phoenix-union-station/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2000/high-ball-to-tucson-on-amtraks-talgo/ http://www.azrail.org/2000/high-ball-to-tucson-on-amtraks-talgo/#comments Mon, 15 May 2000 16:26:49 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2000/high-ball-to-tucson-on-amtraks-talgo/ by Art Gatts May, 2000 Reprinted with his permission and edited by William Lindley, October 2006 “I took a trip on a train,” says an old song, and some 200, including Sun Lakes’ Gareth Thorne, did just that on May 5 when the Arizona Rail Passenger Association, the Arizona Department of Transportation, and Amtrak coordinated their efforts for [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2000/high-ball-to-tucson-on-amtraks-talgo/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2000/talgo-in-arizona-photos/ http://www.azrail.org/2000/talgo-in-arizona-photos/#comments Thu, 11 May 2000 15:53:43 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2000/talgo-in-arizona-photos/ TALGO at Wickenburg Station TALGO at Glendale Station Phoenix Union Station TALGO Train at Phoenix Union Station: Displays at Union Station TALGO at Bank One Ballpark [Chase Field], Phoenix TALGO Crossing Tempe Town Lake ADOT Director Mary Peters at Coolidge TALGO at Tucson Station ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2000/talgo-in-arizona-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1999/council-oks-plan-to-refurbish-tucson-union-pacific-train-depot/ http://www.azrail.org/1999/council-oks-plan-to-refurbish-tucson-union-pacific-train-depot/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 1999 16:16:57 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1999/council-oks-plan-to-refurbish-tucson-union-pacific-train-depot/ Arizona Daily Star 29 June 1999. QUOTE: “The City Council yesterday approved a 12-year, $26 million plan to refurbish the Union Pacific [originally Southern Pacific] train depot. But rather than choose between the depot’s original 1907 version or the expanded 1941 configuration, the council unanimously agreed to build something that looks like the original but is [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1999/council-oks-plan-to-refurbish-tucson-union-pacific-train-depot/feed/ 0