By Antonio Sierra, East Oregonian; June 27, 2018
The acronym for the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Activists is AORTA. And like the artery it shares a name with, the organization is hoping to pump new blood into Eastern Oregon’s defunct passenger rail system.
It’s been more than 20 years since Amtrak shuttered the Pioneer line, a massive train route that connected Seattle with Chicago and many Eastern Oregon communities in between.
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