NPS Environmental Achievement Award. Grand Canyon Superintendent Dave Uberuaga presenting the 2011 NPS Environmental Achievement Award in the category of Lean, Clean and Green, to Grand Canyon Railway, Xanterra Parks and Resorts. Xanterra operates what may be the only steam train in the country that runs on clean burning, renewable, 100-percent waste vegetable oil (WVO). Many train enthusiasts were surprised to see the almost complete lack of visible soot emitted from the stack under full power, since vegetable oil burns much cleaner than conventional fuels. With each 130-mile round trip t
NPS Environmental Achievement Award. Grand Canyon Superintendent Dave Uberuaga presenting the 2011 NPS Environmental Achievement Award in the category of Lean, Clean and Green, to Grand Canyon Railway, Xanterra Parks and Resorts. Xanterra operates what may be the only steam train in the country that runs on clean burning, renewable, 100-percent waste vegetable oil (WVO). Many train enthusiasts were surprised to see the almost complete lack of visible soot emitted from the stack under full power, since vegetable oil burns much cleaner than conventional fuels. With each 130-mile round trip to the Grand Canyon, this train carries between 1,600 and 2,000 people and uses 1,320 gallons of WVO. This saves 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel per trip. We also collect rainwater during the monsoon season and snow melt during the winter s
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