Trench officially opens with first train run

RGJ.com: Trench officially opens with first train run: "Union Pacific Railroad sent a freight train carrying vehicles into Reno's brand new train trench at 12:10 p.m. today, marking a new era in the city's history.

The opening of the long-debated and controversial project drew a crowd of residents watching the train from various bridges over the tracks. Many of those people waited over two-hours as the railroad worked through the technical necessities of sending the first train through.

Carol and Larry Rathgen made the trip to Reno from Carson City and arrived just in time to see the first train in the trench.

'We just came down to see the first train, and we made it,' Carol Rathgen, 60, said."