A Tale of Two Trains.
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A Tale of Two Trains.

There’s some interesting news about passenger service between Chicago and Indianapolis. But first a bit of background.   Those two cities are actually connected by two trains. The first is the Cardinal, an Amtrak train that operates three days a week in each direction between Chicago and New York,and passes through the Indiana capital.  …

Amtrak #850 Left Out in the Cold.
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Amtrak #850 Left Out in the Cold.

Airline pilots are only permitted to be work for a specific number of hours. In most instances, a two-person crew can only be on duty for no more than ten hours in a 24-hour period.   It’s the same for a railroad engineer—in fact, for the entire operating crew, which includes the engineer, the assistant…

Amtrak Has Competition in Indiana.
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Amtrak Has Competition in Indiana.

Three days a week, passengers traveling by train between Chicago and Indianapolis can take The Cardinal, an Amtrak long-distance train that runs on a southerly route overnight through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia to Washington, D,.C.; then on up the East Coast to New York City.   For as long as I can…