A high speed rail service project has cleared a major milestone clearing most government issues. The train would run from Las Vegas to Victorville California.

The train in question is called the DesertXpress, not to be confused with the maglev project. The maglev was scheduled to go Anaheim Ca. There is some grumbling as to who would want to go to Victorville.

If all goes smooth, it could be in operation in as little as four years. My guess is that the project will never get off the ground.

I assume it will start at Victorville and then head on to Las Vegas because there is plenty of vacant land/open space between those two destinations to build the railway on.

Once you get through Victorville heading back into Los Angeles you start heading into built up areas unless you head west from Victorville through Little Rock and then southwest a bit up the Pear Blossom Hwy and then down to the Magic Mountain/Santa Clarita area.

That could be a darn good route to follow if they ever do decide to bring the rail closer into the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

At one time about 25 years ago they were giving serious consideration to building an international airport in Antelope Valley a couple miles north of the Little Rock area to relieve the anticipated congestion at LAX.

I wonder whatever became of that plan?

And what ever happened to the LA to LV passenger train service?

JMT, I'm with you on this one, I say never happen!

would that be a party train or what!! i'd fly to california just to take the train!! each coach could be sponsord by a casino,ok book me on the hooters coach!!

I don't think they are smart enough to theme the train.

They used to have a train between S. California and Las Vegas. My folks took it several times and had a ball. They said it was party time!! I don't think it was sponsored, though, just that everyone was "in the mood" for Las Vegas. I believe they stopped running that train around 1995...........shortly after we moved here. I was sorry that we didn't get to try it out.