Colorado: Amtrak’s Southwest Chief gets $16 million more for track repairs, boosting hopes for long-distance line’s future

By Jesse Paul, The Denver Post; March 7, 2018

Millions of additional dollars in federal grant money are headed toward rehabilitating track for Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, giving the route that passes through southeast Colorado another shot in the arm as its advocates try to bolster the train line’s uncertain future.

The money, $16 million from a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant, means about three-quarters of the money needed for track upgrades for the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route have been secured.

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