Proposed long-distance cuts would spell end to national rail system

Arizona Republic 5 February 2002, by Laurence Arnold, QUOTES: “Amtrak officials have compiled a tentative list of 18 long-distance routes that could be cut this fall unless the government drastically increases the money it spends on passenger rail. Among them: the Sunset Limited, which passes through Tucson on its way to Orlando, Fla., from Los Angeles; the Southwest Chief between Chicago and Los Angeles… The scaled-back passenger train network would consist primarily of several lines in the Northeast, the Auto Train between Virginia and Florida, connections between Chicago and other Midwest cities, and a number of routes inside California.”

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