GALESBURG — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin met with local officials Wednesday to discuss proposed changes to Amtrak that could affect Galesburg and its neighboring towns.
Durbin met with Galesburg Mayor John Pritchard, Macomb Mayor Mike Inman and other city and county officials at Galesburg City Hall. The officials voiced their concerns about changes Amtrak made in the past few months as well as proposed changes to come. Some of the changes already enacted included the elimination of most private rail service and the ending of Amtrak’s hot meal service on its Capitol Limited and Lake Shore Limited trains.
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