Trains Stop Rolling for Ray Charles

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Last year, it was the trains that stopped Ray Charles' show. This year, Ray Charles' show will stop the trains.
For the second straight year, Charles will be performing an outdoor concert at Harrah's Plaza in downtown Reno - next to the railroad tracks.

Last year, Charles found himself asking, ``What'd I say?'' when two trains rolled by. This year, Harrah's has asked Union Pacific to hit the road while Charles is on stage.
"If everything goes according to plan, we won't interrupt it," said railroad spokesman Mike Furtney. "I am assured that there will be no traffic past Harrah's from 8 to 9:30 p.m." during Charles' show Sunday.
"It's not something that we could probably do every day, but certainly when its an important event like this one, and involves one of the true music legends of the country, we would really do our best," he said.