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This is a new feature we added to the front page of our ProRail Web site in mid-October 2008. They are shown most recent first. HERE'S A TRIBUTE TO TRAINS in this 5:13- minute video backed by Willie Nelson's "City of New Orleans." The producer says: "This video was made as a birthday present for my dad, who loves trains. Includes Durango and Silverton, Canadian Pacific, White Pass, Napa Valley Wine Train, Amtrak's Coast Starlight and California Zephyr, Alaskan Railways, Rio Grande, trains from 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman', and more." THE CHICAGO-BOUND EMPIRE BUILDER is shown arriving in Columbus, Wis., March 8, 2008, on its journey from Seattle/Portland in this 1:09 minute video. Columbus is the closest Amtrak station to Madison. SEE SHOTS OF AMTRAK'S FIRST TRAINS IN WISCONSIN in this 4:22 minute video with scenes from 1971 -- Amtrak's first year -- and 1972. NEED A TRAIN RIDE 'FIX'? Take a 3:12 minute ride on Amtrak's Los Angeles-Seattle "Coast Starlight." |
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