Train advocates hopeful passenger service in Iowa's future
Train advocates hopeful passenger service in Iowa's future ZACHARY OREN SMITH, Iowa City Press-Citizen Apr 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It’s not hard to get Gene Crosset talking about passenger rail, but don’t call him a “train nut.” He prefers the title “foamer.” “It comes from the foaming at the mouth when we see trains,” Crosset said. For decades, Crosset, a 78-year-old living in Davenport, has seen plans for an Iowa City-to-Chicago passenger rail line become a perennial conversation, only to disappear like a train heading into a tunnel. The possi...
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