The effort is for a 'corridor train' and is not intended to compete with the Empire Builder which operates in the northernmost parts of Montana. Lewis and Clark County is home to the state capital and has yet to support the concept citing lack of service while Yellowstone County, the state's most populous, is holding out for more money.
Restoration of the North Coast Hiawatha would connect most of Montana’s major cities including Missoula, Butte, Bozeman and Billings. But it would also stimulate rural counties along the route, providing both a boon in visitation and easier access to major markets. [Lake County, CSKT eye passenger rail authority membership, spur-line restoration]It's not currently in President Joe Biden's rail plan but if Amtrak and the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission connect the Chief at Pueblo or Trinidad, Colorado to the Empire Builder at Shelby, Montana through Denver and Cheyenne, Wyoming it will intersect the North Coast Hiawatha at Laurel or Billings, Montana and serve the state capital in Helena.
The New Mexico Rail Runner that operates between Belen, south of Albuquerque and Santa Fe through several pueblos is well-supported with stops in each community and has brought increased access to prosperity in an historically poor state.
Another day, another shot at photographing @Amtrak's newest locomotives, the @SiemensMobility ALC-42s. Eventually, I'm gonna get the sunny chase through Glacier National Park that I've been waiting for and then I can stop going out every time these things roll through... #MTnews pic.twitter.com/Fj0D8YabxR
— Justin Franz (@jfranz88) March 23, 2022
City of New Orleans is next, no clue on what trains get them after that
— Justin Franz (@jfranz88) March 23, 2022
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