For passenger rail to return, we must get organized all the way to Iowa!
10 comments June 7th, 2009
If Rockford is ever going to return passenger rail service to the area, there must be an organized effort from Dubuque, Iowa to Boone County. Currently, that doesn’t exist. It’s time to take a lesson from the Quad City folks, who have a Quad Cities Rail Coalition with an executive director. They are actively lobbying senators and congressmen in Iowa and Illinois. The Chicago-QC route is one of two priorities for the state of Illinois — the other is the Black Hawk Route between Chicago and Dubuque, Ia., which features Rockford, Belvidere, Freeport and Galena stops.
