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Didn't AMTRAK have a Chicago to Dubuque train for a while a few years ago? Whatever happened to that service?
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quote:Originally posted by RRRICH: Didn't AMTRAK have a Chicago to Dubuque train for a while a few years ago? Whatever happened to that service?
Yes. It was funded in part by the State of Illinois. It was named the "Black Hawk." I think it was discontinued in the early 1980s. Perhaps It was a victim of the Carter Cutbacks.
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Although using the Iowa Interstate is an option I thought that the preferred routing was over the current BNSF line to Wyanet and then connecting with the Iowa Interstate to the Quad Cities. The economies of scale would be better with this routing plus if the right equipment could be obtained (Flexliners or reconditioned RDCs)it could run combined with the ILLINOIS ZEPHYR and the CARL SANDBERG.
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quote:Originally posted by RRRICH: Didn't AMTRAK have a Chicago to Dubuque train for a while a few years ago? Whatever happened to that service?
Yes. It was funded in part by the State of Illinois. It was named the "Black Hawk." I think it was discontinued in the early 1980s. Perhaps It was a victim of the Carter Cutbacks.
The Carter Cutbacks came in October 1979 and the Black Hawk survived a little longer......till about 1981 I believe. If I recall the states were asked to pay a larger share for their state supported trains early during the Reagan presidency and the Dubuque service was one of the trains lost at that time. Another short-lived Illinois train, the Prairie Marksman to Peoria, left the timecard about the same time.
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Hmmmmm -- I must be getting old(er) -- it seems that it was much later than 1981 when we last had the Black Hawk and Prairie Marksman. Seems to me that was in the 90's, but y'all are probably right about the dates.........
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