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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by SchemerBob</i> <br /><br />Where are they going to get the equipment to make these trains possible?? Amtrak only has a little over 200 mainline locomotives. Illinois may have to chip in and buy some equipment, like California and Oregon has, if they want these trains to roll! <br /> <br />Other than the equipment problem, though, the idea sounds great. <br />[/quote] <br />Well the cars are a problem, the Locomotives not so much they only need 155 a day. They are going to get there own pool for the new PTC Signal System the units will be 50-65 at the moment but could change.
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