(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 5, 2012)
NEW ORLEANS — A grassroots movement is building to encourage the restoration of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited service east of New Orleans to Florida, which hasn’t operated since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, according to the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP).
Amtrak began running Sunset Limited service east of New Orleans to Orlando, Fla., in 1993. But in August 2005, the hurricane partially destroyed the rail line. Although CSX Transportation rebuilt the line “better than new” within six months of the storm, Sunset Limited service has yet to resume east of New Orleans, NARP officials said in a statement posted on the association’s website.
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