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    Jefferson City - Kansas City round trip: First day of restored Missouri River Runner service

    Today was the return of the second Missouri River Runner service. I rode the second River Runners from Jefferson City to Kansas City that was scheduled to leave at 10:50 a.m., hung out in Crown Center for an hour and half, and returned on the train that left Kansas City at 4 p.m. Amtrak and...
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    California Zephyr Ottumwa - Denver - Ottumwa

    My wife and I went to Colorado last week. December 27: Ottumwa to Denver in Coach Amtrak has reassigned a station attendant to Ottumwa. The conductor scanned tickets in the station and the coach attendant had written out seat assignments and handed them out as we boarded the train. The crew...
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    MO Rail Plan request for input

    Missouri folks and other may be interested in providing information to the Missouri Department of Transportation's 2021 Rail Plan. They present a nice overview of Amtrak service in Missouri and a lot of details about the economic impact of the Missouri Rail Runners. There is a survey where you...
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    Missouri Seeks Rail Funding

    "Missouri will pursue nearly $1 billion in reallocated federal funding for rail projects." http://governor.mo.gov/newsroom/2011/Missouri_will_pursue_nearly_1_billion_in_reallocated_federal_funding_for_rail_projects Missouri's governor is a Democrat and the senate is controlled by Republicans...
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    MoDOT Missouri Rail Plan Survey

    The Missouri folk may have seen this, but the Missouri Department of Transportation is conducting a survey for the state's rail plan. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NDGMJF7 The survey includes questions on service frequency, expansion of service, and preferences for funding the state's share of...
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    Ottumwa, Iowa to Denver and Back

    I took a short trip to Denver to see my mother. My wife and I planned to do this trip at Christmas but we waited to long to make reservations, the price for coach seats and the California Zephyr approached $300 so we drove. The train was close to on time both ways. We arrived in Denver about...
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    Famous people with Railroad roots

    I have a friend who is list/trivia freak. We email each other lists of people fitting different categories. We came up with a railroad related category and got stuck. The question: Name people who worked on a railroad who are famous for things not related to the railroad. I came up with two...
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    An Article on Amtrak service in Missouri

    The St. Louis Post Dispatch ran a front page article on improvement in Amtrak service in Missouri. The article is online at http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stor...09?OpenDocument The article describes efforts by Amtrak, Union Pacific and Missouri Department of Transportation to improve...
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    Finalist Selected for Missouri "Name the Train Contest"

    You may recall the contest to name Missouri's St. Louis - Kansas City service. MoDOT's website announced the five finalist: Missouri Rail Blazer Missouri River Runner River Cities Corridor ShowMeMO Truman Service And, you can vote for your choice...
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