Amtrak Cleared to Run Trains at 110 MPH on Routes Between Chicago, St. Louis
Officials with Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation have cleared the railroad company to set new maximum speeds for their trains through select...
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Officials with Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation have cleared the railroad company to set new maximum speeds for their trains through select...
Railroad industry news about: Amtrak, Illinois Department of Transportation, Chicago-St. Louis passenger-rail corridor, John Oimoen, Union Pacific. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine
The federal government has signed off on higher speed Amtrak passenger trains between Chicago and St. Louis, running through Bloomington-Normal, completing more than three decades of effort to bring high-speed rail to the state and the nation's passenger rail service.
Amtrak has final federal approval for train speeds of 110 miles per hour between Joliet and Alton, culminating almost ten years of planning and investing.
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