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Amtrak could go to Quad Cities, Dubuque by 2011

By Chase Martyn 7/24/09

The Des Moines Register reports today that Amtrak passenger rail connections from Chicago to the Quad Cities and Dubuque appear “likely within two years.” A feasibility study about extending the Quad Cities line through Des Moines, which the Register says was expected to happen this year, has been delayed until at least next year.

Video: CRANDIC Train Excursions in Corridor

By Adam Burke 8/26/07

More than 50 years have passed since CRANDIC (Cedar Rapids AND Iowa City) trains have carried passengers.  They returned for free demonstrations Saturday for a special “Corridor Train Excursion” on the Hawkeye Express.  The train is owned by Iowa Northern Railways and the rails by Alliant Energy.

The day was part of a plan by Johnson [...]

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