Vendor change delays Amtrak’s new high-speed rail cars

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Vendor change delays Amtrak’s new high-speed rail cars
(Source: Peoria Public Radio, November 30, 2017)

PEORIA, Ill. — Plans to introduce new, high-speed rail passenger cars in Illinois are in motion, but a spokesperson for Amtrak says it could be two or three more years before they are in place.

Full story: Peoria Public Radio

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

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