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Despite federal cuts, the program designed to study new Amtrak routes in Wisconsin are still chugging forward.
But as of Friday, both the Hiawatha and Borealis, and a similarly impacted Pacific Northwest line, had been restored to full train service. The railroad is substituting ... become a member of Urban ...
Despite federal spending cuts, local leaders say ideas to bring Amtrak rail service to Green Bay remain in motion.
Last Wednesday, Amtrak announced it had to pull much of the fleet used on the Hiawatha ... cars,” said the railroad in a statement. The news also immediately impacted the nearly year-old Borealis line ...
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Shuttle buses have also replaced half of Amtrak’s six daily Hiawatha service trains to and from Milwaukee. Passengers load onto a bus heading to Milwaukee outside Union Station on Wednesday.
Amtrak uses single-level Horizon railcars on Borealis and four other lines across the country, including the Hiawatha, which runs between Chicago and Milwaukee. On Wednesday, the railroad ...
Amtrak Cascades service in the Northwest was the most seriously affected. So were Hiawatha trains between Chicago and Milwaukee and the Borealis between Chicago and St. Paul. The Downeaster service ...
Widespread cancellations of Amtrak routes between Chicago and Milwaukee slammed travelers Wednesday after the company removed its fleet of Horizon passenger cars due to concerns over corrosion.
Inspections also found corrosion on cars on three other lines, including the Hiawatha, which runs between Chicago and Milwaukee ... passengers hopped on, the railroad said in October.
Passengers for the scheduled 1:05 p.m. Hiawatha to Milwaukee line up in the Great Hall at Chicago ... While some internet discussion of the situation has indicated a Federal Railroad Administration ...
Among all the model trains running on the tracks at the Redstone Model Railroad Club, the orange and black paint scheme on the three locomotives and ‘Milwaukee’ painted on the side has a connection to ...