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News
Amtrak plan for long distance services
Congress, RPA question Amtrak cutting schedule
Empire Builder to be reduced to tri-weekly October 1, 2020
Federal grant awarded for second Amtrak train between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Tracking ridership through the pandemic: February 2020
Tracking ridership through the pandemic: March 2020
Amtrak to reinstate ticket agents at Havre and Shelby
Havre Daily News: Empire Builder tops in long distance ridership
Empire Builder tops long-distance ridership again in FY2019
Amtrak Leadership Wounds The Empire Builder Yet Again
Tester defends long-distance Amtrak service for rural Montana
The Empire Builder: Still rolling at 90
Senators Push Transportation Department, Amtrak for Answers on Future of Empire Builder
Optimism for second passenger train on Amtrak line grows after Portage meeting
91 House members pen letter to Amtrak CEO
Interview with BNSF's Matt Rose in Railway Age
Amtrak Chairman responds to RPA letter
As Amtrak Proposes Changes to Long-Distance Trains, Passenger Rail Advocates Sound the Alarm
Amtrak’s “faulty route accounting”: RPA
Passenger rail advocates step up efforts to promote long-distance Amtrak trains
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2005 article on Amtrak refurbishing Empire Builder equipment to increase ridership
Leavenworth, Washington: The Empire Builder's albatross
Amtrak has reached a crossroads. Congress can help.
Havre Daily News: The facts on Empire Builder ridership
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Photo copyright Charles Hamilton. Used with permission.
Photo copyright Charles Hamilton. Used with permission.