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Empire Builder moved to a more southerly route?

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[quote user="nanaimo73"] [quote user="spokyone"]OK Now where were we? Moving Empire to southern Montana where population centers are.[/quote]The politicians involved don't want to move the Empire Builder to the "NP" route, they would lose 10 times as many votes on the old route as they would gain on the new route.They want a second train added on the "NP" route, but there are no cars available for such a service.North Dakota is not going to pay for the cars, and neither will Amtrak.If a new train is to be introduced, Montana will have to pay for it. I am not sure they could afford it, with less than a million people, and why would they pay millions for new cars when they won't pay thousands to study the new route ?[/quote]Dale,How about this? Allow the current EB to take the occassional sidetrack down through the I-90 corridor on a semi-scheduled basis.  Use these diversions as a way to test the waters regarding such service on a permanent basis.How much hassle would it be?  Is it really imperative that the EB always run the High Line?Also, would you agree that there is no longer a need for the Spokane split since the State of Washington will soon be running 5 Amtrak trainsets per day between Seattle and Portland?
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