amtrak
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Gardner, Bennet find money to keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train rolling
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The Southwest Chief passenger train should continue to roll across the West thanks to a Senate appropriations bill led by Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner on Wednesday. Amtrak had been considering replacing parts of the train route with bus services. The transportation appropriations bill would include $50 million for track maintenance and safety…
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Some fear Amtrak is backtracking on the Southwest Chief
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Amtrak’s former chief executive is sounding the alarm that the Southwest Chief passenger-rail route, which has tracks in Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas, may be at risk as the agency makes cuts on the long-distance line. Joe Boardman, who retired from Amtrak in 2016, told the Pueblo Chieftain last week the issue is one that…
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GOP lawmakers Gardner, Coffman, Tipton uninjured after Amtrak train collides with vehicle
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Colorado Republicans U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman and Scott Tipton, who were on board a train that collided with a garbage truck Wednesday while en route to a legislative retreat in West Virginia, are reporting that they weren’t injured. After the collision, which the White House said caused one fatality and…
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Out West Roundup: Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve designation
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Idaho Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve BOISE – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar dust…
