Passenger Trains > Scam artists never give up: X-Train's new idea

Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. (OTCQB: XTRN) -- The X Train Announces
Its Logistics Plan to Open LA to Vegas on the Western Alignment

Marketwired
October 21, 2014: 09:30 AM ET

> The Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. (OTCQB: XTRN), known as the Vegas
> X Train, with planned luxury train travel service between Los Angeles
> and Las Vegas, announced today it has begun the engineering of the
> route to Las Vegas via conventional rail on what it calls the Western
> Alignment. The original plan by the X Train was to traverse the Cajon
> Pass to Barstow and then north to Las Vegas. As capacity on that
> route became restricted, X Train reached out to UNLV's Rail
> Engineering program headed by Dr. Harry Teng to plan the logistics of
> an alternative route to Las Vegas. The UNLV plan is consistent with
> the RTC's plan of 2007 which shows access to Las Vegas via rail from
> the west rather than via the heavily trafficked Cajon Pass.
>
> "We have spent the last year re-tooling our efforts to run the X
> Train service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and based on the
> findings of UNLV's Rail Engineering Group, have concluded that the
> route from LA to Mojave to Barstow to Las Vegas would avoid the rail
> traffic of the Cajon Pass," stated Michael Barron, CEO of the X
> Train. "We have reached out to local and statewide support for this
> project and have found a number of our representatives who are
> energized about assisting in opening this third corridor of travel to
> Las Vegas," Barron said.
>
> "We are right on track with our planned route between LA to Vegas and
> now we are going to incorporate the Club X class service to existing
> passenger trains. This will make train travel much more enjoyable
> again."

Full story:

X Train Announces <phorum break> Its Logistics Plan to Open LA to Vegas on the Western Alignment

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GenePoon Wrote:
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> Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. (OTCQB: XTRN) --
> The X Train Announces
> Its Logistics Plan to Open LA to Vegas on the
> Western Alignment
>
> Marketwired
> October 21, 2014: 09:30 AM ET
>
> > The Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. (OTCQB:
> XTRN), known as the Vegas
> > X Train, with planned luxury train travel
> service between Los Angeles
> > and Las Vegas, announced today it has begun the
> engineering of the
> > route to Las Vegas via conventional rail on what
> it calls the Western
> > Alignment. The original plan by the X Train was
> to traverse the Cajon
> > Pass to Barstow and then north to Las Vegas. As
> capacity on that
> > route became restricted, X Train reached out to
> UNLV's Rail
> > Engineering program headed by Dr. Harry Teng to
> plan the logistics of
> > an alternative route to Las Vegas. The UNLV plan
> is consistent with
> > the RTC's plan of 2007 which shows access to Las
> Vegas via rail from
> > the west rather than via the heavily trafficked
> Cajon Pass.
> >
> > "We have spent the last year re-tooling our
> efforts to run the X
> > Train service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas
> and based on the
> > findings of UNLV's Rail Engineering Group, have
> concluded that the
> > route from LA to Mojave to Barstow to Las Vegas
> would avoid the rail
> > traffic of the Cajon Pass," stated Michael
> Barron, CEO of the X
> > Train. "We have reached out to local and
> statewide support for this
> > project and have found a number of our
> representatives who are
> > energized about assisting in opening this third
> corridor of travel to
> > Las Vegas," Barron said.
> >
> > "We are right on track with our planned route
> between LA to Vegas and
> > now we are going to incorporate the Club X class
> service to existing
> > passenger trains. This will make train travel
> much more enjoyable
> > again."
>
> Full story:
>
> X Train Announces
> Its Logistics Plan to Open LA to Vegas on the
> Western Alignment

This may explain why despite good ridership they ran out of money for their New Mexico effort: it was being diverted elsewhere. As of a couple of days ago, their two cars are still on Track 4 at the Santa Fe station.

It's hard to go lower than zero!

Ptolemy Wrote:

> This may explain why despite good ridership they
> ran out of money for their New Mexico effort: it
> was being diverted elsewhere. As of a couple of
> days ago, their two cars are still on Track 4 at
> the Santa Fe station.
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This is sarcasm, right? "We have reached out to local and statewide support
for this project" means a cellphone call to the office of His Corruptness
Harry Reid who has supported these leeches all along.

X-Train would be running from Los Angeles on Metrolink, Union Pacific, BNSF
and Union Pacific again. Have they contacted them?

Bidhitter? How about it? Have they?

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rombout137 Wrote:

> It's hard to go lower than zero!
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I must admit that some quotes for XTRN are a bit higher. Like two thousandths
of a dollar. That's two tenths of a penny...



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/14 12:13 by GenePoon.

GenePoon Wrote:
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> Ptolemy Wrote:
>
> > This may explain why despite good ridership
> they
> > ran out of money for their New Mexico effort:
> it
> > was being diverted elsewhere. As of a couple
> of
> > days ago, their two cars are still on Track 4
> at
> > the Santa Fe station.
> --------------------------------------------------
> ---
>
> This is sarcasm, right? "We have reached out to
> local and statewide support
> for this project" means a cellphone call to the
> office of His Corruptness
> Harry Reid who has supported these leeches all
> along.

Really? Is this Trainorders.com or PersonalPoliticalOpinions.com? Groan...take it elsewhere please.
>
> X-Train would be running from Los Angeles on
> Metrolink, Union Pacific, BNSF
> and Union Pacific again. Have they contacted
> them?
>
> Bidhitter? How about it? Have they?
>
> ======================================
> rombout137 Wrote:
>
> > It's hard to go lower than zero!
> --------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> I must admit that some quotes for XTRN are a bit
> higher. Like two thousandths
> of a dollar. That's two tenths of a penny...

I wonder which will get built first: X Train or California HSR? HA! This person at X Train must really be buying top quality drugs.

gyralite Wrote:
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> I wonder which will get built first: X Train or
> California HSR? HA! This person at X Train must
> really be buying top quality drugs.


Shovels have been used for the CA HSR project already.

Gosh darn it! They've used up my earlier investment money already? Ok, stand by...
I'll get back onto e-trade.

I guess Michael Barron hasn't figured out that the capacity issues affecting Cajon Pass extend east to Barstow and Daggett, and are actually worse on the east end?

Looking forward to adding the new mileage! I just called my broker to invest to help insure this will happen.

Will this service also go to the Islands of Hawaii too? I'm sure there is a Rail Czar that can make that happen.

ATSF3751 Wrote:
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> Really? Is this Trainorders.com or
> PersonalPoliticalOpinions.com?

Yes, both. Comes with the territory when discussing passenger rail which, unfortunately, has become heavily politicized.

Based upon tonight's closing price of the common stock ( 00.0024/share) you can buy all the shares outstanding ( and thus own 100% of the company) for about $ 92,000.00

Any takers ??

Ross Rowland

Gee, I hope they use steam for power. That ought to increase ridership. Maybe they can acquire a few heavyweights and get a real retro operation going. With any luck, they will have a multi-billion dollar operation running! :)

David.Curlee Wrote:
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> I guess Michael Barron hasn't figured out that the
> capacity issues affecting Cajon Pass extend east
> to Barstow and Daggett . . .

Let's just say that there's A LOT that Michael Barron hasn't figured out!

And they still said X cars on regular schedule trains! That is a timetable I have not seen.

25 years ago, when some California Amtrak folks asked my opinion of LA-Las Vegas, I suggested that
they look at going via Mojave compared to direct.

Maybe they should build a 4th track Barstow-Daggett.

tacobell Wrote:
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> Gee, I hope they use steam for power. That ought
> to increase ridership. Maybe they can acquire a
> few heavyweights and get a real retro operation
> going. With any luck, they will have a
> multi-billion dollar operation running! :)


Ed Ellis might have a few heavyweights available for lease.. not so sure about the steam engine, however.

mundo Wrote:
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> And they still said X cars on regular schedule
> trains! That is a timetable I have not seen.
>
> 25 years ago, when some California Amtrak folks
> asked my opinion of LA-Las Vegas, I suggested
> that
> they look at going via Mojave compared to direct.
>
> Maybe they should build a 4th track
> Barstow-Daggett.

I vote for a new line diagonally across the Antelope Valley, skirting EAFB's southern edge, and a fourth track to Daggett. High speed steam locos would get me to ride...

gyralite Wrote:
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> I wonder which will get built first: X Train or California HSR? HA!
This person at X Train must really be buying top quality drugs.

I'd bet on AAF and Texas Central RR to complete before either of these!
As the TO post just before this reports, there is actually investor interest in AAF.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/14 15:32 by hazegray.

And yet, I find it hard to believe such a project would not be a viable
one. Maybe UP should get back into the passenger business - high end
side, like CP has done. Is CP making much money? 'Course, for CP it
is the scenery, but I would imagine for many, scenery can be on par
with all out luxury especially when the end points are LA and LV.

/Mitch