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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin recently led a group of U.S. Senators in requesting that Amtrak refurbish existing trains for the Chicago to Quad Cities Amtrak route. In a joint letter signed by Dick Durbin (IL), Barack Obama (IL), Tom Harkin (IA), Chuck Grassley (IA), Joseph Biden (DE), and Tom Carper (DE), the Senators identified former Amtrak trains being stored in a Delaware maintenance yard that could be used to restore service in the Quad Cities. This
proactive step helps to alleviate a potential hurdle identified in
recent Amtrak route feasibility studies: the short supply of existing
trains. According to their press release: “Enthusiasm
for passenger rail service is at an all-time high, driven by high fuel
prices, growing congestion and environmental concern. Amtrak has
seen phenomenal growth in |
