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KevinKorell

Jul 25 2012, 09:47 PM

WOSU radio, 7/24/12:

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Advocates for passenger rail service in Columbus are backing a proposal to start Columbus to Chicago service through Lima and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Here is the full story,

KevinKorell

Aug 2 2012, 11:44 PM

Columbus Underground:

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Columbus-Chicago Passenger Rail

Advocates for passenger rail service in Columbus are backing a proposal to start Columbus to Chicago service through Lima and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ken Prendergast of All Aboard Ohio, says Fort Wayne civic leaders envision 110 mile per hour passenger trains would run daily from Columbus to Chicago and back.

KevinKorell

Aug 10 2012, 01:48 PM

Fort Wayne, IN Journal-Gazette, 8/9/12:

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Study to bolster push for Chicago-Fort Wayne-Columbus train

The Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association announced today that funds have been secured to conduct a feasibility study and to build a business case for the return of rail service from Fort Wayne to Chicago, with plans to extend service to Columbus, Ohio.

Here's that story.

Something tells me that if this route does come to fruition, it will get as far as Fort Wayne, but Ohio will find a way to resist their portion of it. Note there's no word about this being high speed rail, but then it was made clear with 3-C that initially it would not be HSR either.... yet the incorrect image brought forth of a train with an average speed around 39 mph helped to kill it.

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