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Amtrak Trains Are Too Short

Amtrak Trains Are Too Short This frame, from a short video made last weekend, shows something upsetting. The Amtrak Capitol Limited has just 2.5 revenue cars that travelers can buy a ticket for: one sleeper car shared by passengers and crew, one full sleeper, and only...

High-Speed Rail Appropriations and Amtrak Appoints HSR VP

Newsletter, Policy and Legislation

High Speed Rail Appropriations Request Senator Ossoff and Representatives Beyers, Costa, DelBene and Moulton are leading a sign-on letter to the Transportation Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations committee requesting that $3.5 billion be allocated to...

Front Range Passenger Rail: Bringing Frequent Passenger Rail Service to Colorado’s Front Range

Projects and Planning

Something new is afoot in Colorado’s Front Range. Though the cowboys, prospectors, and mountaineers that built the state have faded into history, another group of builders from Colorado’s rich past – railroaders – may soon be returning to open a new chapter in the...

Action Alert: Rockford and the Quad Cities Passenger Rail

Policy and Legislation, Projects and Planning

Ask Governor Pritzker to make trains to Rockford and the Quad Cities a reality. Please ask Governor Pritzker to make trains to Rockford and the Quad Cities a reality. The return of service to these routes has been promised for more than a decade. The funding is there,...

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