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    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

    2 comments:

    Oil-Electric said...

    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!

    Mark said...

    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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