Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Amtrak Pioneer Feasability Study Begins

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/740640.html

I've written previously about the Amtrak Pioneer possibly coming back. Now, with new rail money coming in from the stimulus, Amtrak has been instructed to conduct and finish a feasibility study for reinstating the Pioneer through Boise, and to complete by October of this year.

Amtrak #228 Pioneer Eastbound Telocaset Oregon
Originally uploaded by paulspages
Posted by Kurt Clark at 1:22 PM
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3 comments:

  1. Return of the Pioneer? Why? I mean apart from a handful of Corporate Lairs in Boise - Albertsons, M-K, Simplot, Boise-Cascade and a shadow of the former computer great - Micron, their henchmen travel by air. And if you really want to go to Salt Lake City, well, do the California jog. No, I think UP did the right thing when they strangled the Pioneer. Let it Rest In Peace!
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  2. I don't know if we'll get the Pioneer, but I definitely think there is a need. I'd sure use it. (We are a small hydroelectric generation company).

    As for the previous post, there is no "California Jog". There is no Amtrak service at all (unless I drive 190 miles up into Washington!)
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  3. I think its a good idea to restore the pioneer train service even at a huge cost of restoring the track.It would be speed along the rout,so we can get to are destination on time.You can bet it will be technology that most likely will save the line!
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