Officials in California and Nevada said this month that they anticipated heavy construction work to begin on Brightline West in the spring. The $12 billion high-speed rail project between Los Angeles and Las Vegas will result in the nation’s first true high-speed passenger train that will reach speeds of 186 miles per hour.
Much of the route will be built down the median of Interstate 15. The train’s eastern terminus will be just south of the Las Vegas Strip, while the Los Angeles area station will be in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; there will also be a station in the Victorville area. Brightline broke…..