(Washington, D.C.) The Federal Railroad Administration is looking at 15 proposed future passenger rail routes, one of which is a revitalization of the North Coast Hiawatha Route that ran through the Red River Valley. The route would be from Chicago to Seattle, crossing southern North Dakota and Montana mostly parallel to Interstates 94 and 90. Big Sky Passenger Rail
A Chicago-to-Seattle passenger rail route that passes through some of Montana’s most populous counties has been included in a list of 15 long-distance routes tapped for restoration by the federal