Isaac Madsen
@eyezakm.bsky.social
I'm either famous to you for either being the guy the UDOT director made fun of for riding Amtrak, or the guy who goes out to the middle of nowhere in Utah/Colorado to chase electric trains
I found this photo on Facebook. It's beautiful, and I've been staring at it for five hours. Salt Palace and Delta Center arenas, Rio Grande Depot with Amtrak equipment, and old downtown. Also, it's awesome to see how much development has occurred since
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I found this photo on Facebook. It's beautiful, and I've been staring at it for five hours. Salt Palace and Delta Center arenas, Rio Grande Depot with Amtrak equipment, and old downtown. Also, it's awesome to see how much development has occurred since
The UTA Trax Black Line is a route they use for gameday service and construction to represent Salt Lake Central to Stadium runs.
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The UTA Trax Black Line is a route they use for gameday service and construction to represent Salt Lake Central to Stadium runs.
You may have seen cool things, but have you ever seen a Black Line UTA train
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
You may have seen cool things, but have you ever seen a Black Line UTA train
Salt Lake City will see reduced capacity due to the ongoing shutdown
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Salt Lake City will see reduced capacity due to the ongoing shutdown
Bus 2 really needs a UVX style companion
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bus 2 really needs a UVX style companion
The shiny Pokemon of Salt Lake Transit
Also how is a bus 10 minutes late by just simply waiting at SLCentral?!?!?!!
Also how is a bus 10 minutes late by just simply waiting at SLCentral?!?!?!!
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The shiny Pokemon of Salt Lake Transit
Also how is a bus 10 minutes late by just simply waiting at SLCentral?!?!?!!
Also how is a bus 10 minutes late by just simply waiting at SLCentral?!?!?!!
I appreciate UTA's honesty
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I appreciate UTA's honesty
200 South Bus corridor is the best thing UTA has improved on since the Trax extensions! I wish SLC had more resources to build more of them
September 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
200 South Bus corridor is the best thing UTA has improved on since the Trax extensions! I wish SLC had more resources to build more of them
It's really cool that the sun and moon are roughly the same size in our sky
September 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's really cool that the sun and moon are roughly the same size in our sky
This is now my favorite unit of measurement for solar activity
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is now my favorite unit of measurement for solar activity
Mosaic mode is such a gamble on Dwarf 3 because if you lose battery, or it gets cloudy, or you calculate the wrong exposure times. You get something like this, haha:
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Mosaic mode is such a gamble on Dwarf 3 because if you lose battery, or it gets cloudy, or you calculate the wrong exposure times. You get something like this, haha:
UTA's greatest weakness, and most other cities, too, for that matter, is not having a competitive mode of transit with the freeways. I think a combination of more rail options and freeway buses is needed, but who wants to pay for that?
Humanity is mad that we accept this to be normal.
Humanity is mad that we accept this to be normal.
August 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
UTA's greatest weakness, and most other cities, too, for that matter, is not having a competitive mode of transit with the freeways. I think a combination of more rail options and freeway buses is needed, but who wants to pay for that?
Humanity is mad that we accept this to be normal.
Humanity is mad that we accept this to be normal.
I recently bought a car for out-of-state traveling and now am using it for commuting to the University of Utah. It's simply insane how terrible the transit is, given the terrible traffic.
I had a 30-minute delay due to traffic on the road today, and I would've still beat transit by an hour.
I had a 30-minute delay due to traffic on the road today, and I would've still beat transit by an hour.
August 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I recently bought a car for out-of-state traveling and now am using it for commuting to the University of Utah. It's simply insane how terrible the transit is, given the terrible traffic.
I had a 30-minute delay due to traffic on the road today, and I would've still beat transit by an hour.
I had a 30-minute delay due to traffic on the road today, and I would've still beat transit by an hour.
Every time I see these delivery trains, I wonder if someday we could see these kinds of trains running service in Utah
August 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Every time I see these delivery trains, I wonder if someday we could see these kinds of trains running service in Utah
Big Yellow continues it's conquest with this transaction. Will this be approved? Will this lead to BNSF and CSX joining? We'll see!
July 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Big Yellow continues it's conquest with this transaction. Will this be approved? Will this lead to BNSF and CSX joining? We'll see!
Quick facts:
-The combined company would be named Union Pacific
-Jim Vena would be CEO
-UP is purchasing NS, not the other way around
-The combined company would be named Union Pacific
-Jim Vena would be CEO
-UP is purchasing NS, not the other way around
July 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Quick facts:
-The combined company would be named Union Pacific
-Jim Vena would be CEO
-UP is purchasing NS, not the other way around
-The combined company would be named Union Pacific
-Jim Vena would be CEO
-UP is purchasing NS, not the other way around
If this merger is approved, the necessity to swap between railroads in cities like Chicago would be eliminated. Which would hypothetically mean you could ship stuff at a faster rate.
July 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If this merger is approved, the necessity to swap between railroads in cities like Chicago would be eliminated. Which would hypothetically mean you could ship stuff at a faster rate.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have started the process to merge under the same big Yellow Railroad. Here's some highlights from the investor presentation
July 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have started the process to merge under the same big Yellow Railroad. Here's some highlights from the investor presentation
Look who I found at Devils Tower yesterday
July 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Look who I found at Devils Tower yesterday
My question for those curious:
June 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
My question for those curious:
