Portland To Eugene Amtrak Projects Steam Ahead

Posted by Staff Writer on Aug 17th, 2009 and filed under Business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

eugenepdxtrainaug09Bids for federally supported highway projects in Oregon have been coming in so low, it is freeing up millions of dollars for additional projects.The bulk of the savings, $35 million, will be spent to buy trains for the Amtrak run between Portland and Eugene. Read The Whole Story At KVAL

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1 Response for “Portland To Eugene Amtrak Projects Steam Ahead”

  1. Jmartens says:
    August 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM

    The fully story is interesting. It says that the trains currently running between Portland and Eugene are owned by the state of Washington. Then it talks about ODOT buying the trains for this route. I know the tracks are owned by freight companies. Makes you wonder what Amtrak actually does!

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