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TOPEKA — It would take a minimum of $156 million and three years to bring passenger rail service to Wichita, according to a study released Thursday by Amtrak and the state Department of Transportation.
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PHOTOS and Comments by Russ Jackson . . . Amtrak Western On Time Performance. On February 19, Train #1, the Sunset Limited arrived at Los Angeles Union Station at 8:20 AM. Nothing remarkable about that since its due at 8:40, but as crew members will tell you they consider that arrival time as being late [...]
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Last night I returned from 7 days in the deserts of southern California and Arizona with my friends Robert Scott and Mike “Mad Dog” Sawyer.   Our trip took us to popular locations like Tehachapi, Ludlow, and Kingman as well as some less publicized locations like Rogoza, Hackberry, and Lavic.  The weather on the trip [...]
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It looks like most everyone is in agreement on where a diversion should go, but the debate goes on.
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