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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Congress passed a law that transferred |
3 | | the requirement of the railroads to operate passenger trains |
4 | | to the federally-owned National Railroad Passenger Corporation |
5 | | in 1970; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, When the U.S. Department of Transportation drew |
7 | | maps defining where these Amtrak trains would go, they did not |
8 | | include local service in Illinois between Quincy and Chicago, |
9 | | which included Macomb, Galesburg, Kewanee, Princeton, Mendota, |
10 | | Plano, and the Chicago suburbs, and the service ended on May |
11 | | 11, 1971; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, When interested parties in Macomb and Quincy lost |
13 | | their fight against the law in federal court, they then asked |
14 | | the State of Illinois to sponsor the service, worked with |
15 | | communities along the route, and convinced the Illinois |
16 | | General Assembly and Governor to sponsor daily local Amtrak |
17 | | service under the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, The morning eastbound and evening westbound |
19 | | Illinois Zephyr trains have operated since November 4, 1971; |
20 | | and
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21 | | WHEREAS, This region of Illinois has benefited from being |