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Lafayette (IN) Journal  & Courier via Indianapolis Star, 10/3:

 

 

Equipment problems put Hoosier State train passengers on buses

Buses, not Indiana's Hoosier State train, have carried passengers eight of the 12 times the train was scheduled to run during the past 10 days, according to Amtrak and Indiana Department of Transportation officials.

 

Equipment problems disrupted the four-day-a-week Indianapolis-Chicago service operated since Aug. 2 by the state's passenger rail contractor, Iowa Pacific Holdings Inc., company president Ed Ellis told the Journal & Courier.

 

"We had a bunch of extra inspections that took place in the last week, and as a result of that we're making some improvements to the equipment," he said.

 

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