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The Quad Cities route project is still a go, and the Rockford route is just stalled, not dead.

Last year, Congress overwhelmingly rejected the cuts to Amtrak president Trump proposed in his budget proposal. Instead, they voted to increase Amtrak spending, and it looks like they'll do the same this year. Even many fellow Republicans voted against his budget. Therefore, Congress is not as...

Because a second train could give Ohio daylight service?

Will Albany's late delivery affect the future delivery schedule of the bag-dorms and sleepers?

Has Albany been delivered yet? I read that there were problems with that diner several months ago, but I haven't heard anything since. Anyone know what the status of Albany is?

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The Floridian used that route until 1974. The Midwest Auto-Train terminated in Louisville. Finally, from 1999-2003, the Kentucky Cardinal used the L&I.

For Madison service, I recommend two routes, this first would be restoring the Varsity route via Janesville, WI, which would be better for travel between Chicago and Madison. The second would be a separate Milwaukee to Madison run independent from the Hiawatha Service. However, before any of...

Is the Niles Sub the route over Tehachapi Pass?

This may have been what was delaying the proposed reroute of the LSL through Michigan.

While that idea looks great on paper, it is a terrible idea operationally. The train's on-time performance suffered greatly when it ran to Orlando. The train was even as much as a day late at times. That's a major reason why ridership dropped every year after the run's first year. The Gulf Coast...

They may have commercial air service, but due to limited competition in those markets, it is VERY expensive compared to flights out of major cities. Having train service allows those in those small towns to have an affordable way, without the hassle of driving hundreds of miles, to get to the...

The small towns you want the SWC to bypass don't have very many alternative transportation options other than driving, so if they lost the Chief, their economies would severely suffer because the train is their only affordable public transportation option, and is their only alternative to...

A reroute of the SWC is not going to happen because some of the funds for track upgrades on its current route have been secured and such work began a few years ago. Due to this, the Chief will stay on it's present route for the foreseeable future, so don't get your hopes up.

The 2010 Cardinal PIP says that only 3 train sets are needed for a daily Cardinal.

Such a train would be very popular during Bears-Packers games as fans can ride the train to the stadium where the game is being played.

You are spot on with your thinking. I forgot to mention the St. Louis section of the Cardinal that was proposed in the 2010 PIP. That would bring service back to Terre Haute, IN. I think that this section should be extended to Kansas City to serve the endpoints last served by the National...

The U.P. of Michigan doesn't have enough population to support a passenger train there. The closest population center to that region that MAY be able to support a passenger train is Green Bay.

Improvements to the Cardinal would include making the train daily to boost ridership, for starters. In addition, the Hoosier State would be moved to a schedule independent of the Cardinal and go to twice daily service between CHI-IND, and extend both of those round trips in two different...

For California Zephyr service to Los Angeles, it would make more sense to revive the Desert Wind. Much more direct route and it would serve Las Vegas!