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Amtrak cancels service to Carbondale pending rail worker strike

A pending railroad worker strike Friday, including those working for Amtrak, may create significant pains in an already strained economic environment. If no deal is reached, workers will go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Friday. CARBONDALE -- A press release from passenger transport service Amtrak on Wednesday reveals the cancellation of select services in Carbondale and across the country. The passenger train service announced the cancellation of inter-city transportation service out of Carbondale and surrounding areas. The service cancellation […]

todaySeptember 14, 2022 4

Illinois rail

Business & Lifestyle

$2 billion Illinois rail project falls behind high-speed targets

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Amtrak riders are still waiting for higher train speeds along the Chicago-to-St. Louis route. Officials promised travel at up to 110 mph along the line as part of a nearly $2-billion dollar project largely funded by Federal economic stimulus dollars awarded under then-President Barack Obama. Recent projections had trains reaching 90 mph on a portion of the trip in 2018, but the timetable now has been pushed into this year. Installing and testing new federally-mandated […]

todayJanuary 14, 2019 6

Business & Lifestyle

Hurricane Irma leaves 3 dead, 1.35 million without power

PATRICK SHORES, Fla. (UPI) -- Hurricane Irma left three people dead and 1.35 million in Florida without electricity Sunday morning after the Category 4 storm made landfall in the Keys. The storm reached Cudjoe Key in the lower Florida Keys at 9:10 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was skirting the state's west coast and was forecast to make another landfall near Fort Myers and Naples as a Category 3 storm around 8 p.m. Sunday. In Monroe County, which encompasses Key West, […]

todaySeptember 10, 2017 1

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