(Source: Opinion column by Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, October 30, 2017)
ROANOKE, Va. — When Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 176 blows its horn and departs from downtown Roanoke at 6:19 a.m. Halloween morning, it will signal more than the return of passenger rail service to the Star City for the first time since 1979.
Full story: Roanoke Times