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It s not hard to get Gene Crosset talking about passenger rail, but don t call him a train nut. He prefers the title foamer. It comes from the foaming at the mouth when we see trains, Crosset said.
For decades, Crosset, a 78-year-old living in Davenport, has seen plans for an Iowa City-to-Chicago passenger rail line become a perennial conversation, only to disappear like a train heading into a tunnel.
The possibility exists again, after Amtrak released a map this month featuring new and enhanced lines, part of the $80 billion President Joe Biden designated for rail in his American Jobs Plan. The map included one bright blue line that dog-legged west from Chicago through Moline with a terminus in Iowa City.
The University of Iowa Athletics Department announced on Wednesday that it s ending the Hawkeye Express train experience.
KCRG reported that the decision was made because of the potential continuation of social distancing measures, the need of upgrades to equipment and the increase in operating costs.
“The Hawkeye Express has been a wonderful part of our Hawkeye football gameday experience,” Senior Associate Athletics Director, Matt Henderson, said in a news release. “While it was a difficult decision to make, we all agree it is the right decision. This experience would not have occurred without the Sabin family and their Iowa Northern Railway Company.”