Transit Systems Nevada

An Anaheim engineering and consulting firm has been selected by the California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission as one of five companies that will evaluate bids for building and operating a 300-m.p.h. rail system between Las Vegas and Anaheim. Willdan Associates has been selected, along with corporations from Southern California, Nevada, Colorado and Canada. Proposals to privately build and operate the train system are expected from Bechtel International of San Francisco, Morrison-Knudsen Co.

An Anaheim engineering and consulting firm has been selected by the California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission as one of five companies that will evaluate bids for building and operating a 300-m.p.h. rail system between Las Vegas and Anaheim. Willdan Associates has been selected, along with corporations from Southern California, Nevada, Colorado and Canada. Proposals to privately build and operate the train system are expected from Bechtel International of San Francisco, Morrison-Knudsen Co.

One Canadian and two U.S. firms met Wednesday's deadline and filed letters of intent to bid on the proposed high-speed train between Las Vegas and Anaheim, project officials said. Bechtel International of San Francisco, Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Boise, Idaho, and Bombardier Corp. of Canada met the 5 p.m. deadline and consequently will compete for the right to privately finance, build and operate the 300-m.p.h. train, which is expected cost as much as $4 billion.

One Canadian and two U.S. firms met Wednesday's deadline and filed letters of intent to bid on the proposed high-speed train between Las Vegas and Anaheim, project officials said. Bechtel International of San Francisco, Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Boise, Idaho, and Bombardier Corp. of Canada met the 5 p.m. deadline and consequently will compete for the right to privately finance, build and operate the 300-m.p.h. train, which is expected cost as much as $4 billion.

An ambitious, long-term plan to develop high-speed train routes linking major Southwest cities--including Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Diego, San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas--will be considered by a special two-state commission next week. "We envision an eventual network of trains operating up to 300 (m.p.h.) among the major centers of the Pacific Southwest region," California Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sylmar) told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday.

An ambitious, long-term plan to develop high-speed train routes linking major Southwest cities--including Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Diego, San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas--will be considered by a special two-state commission next week. "We envision an eventual network of trains operating up to 300 (m.p.h.) among the major centers of the Pacific Southwest region," California Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sylmar) told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday.