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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K
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Connecting Salt Lake City to Las Vegas via St. George seems like a curious omission to me. It's a route that has significant ridership potential and would connect those two long east-west routes together nicely, albeit the terrain could be difficult/expensive for new rail in some areas. That said, I-15 has a large median for pretty much the entire route with the notable exception of the portion that runs through the Virgin River Gorge in Arizona.
A similar case could be made for a route from Salt Lake City to Spokane via Boise, I think.