Here is a link to an article about a new passenger train to run between CUS and St. Paul.
Amtrak Borealis makes debut (msn.com)
***You may already know how newsfeed pages, such as MSN, can be bloated with gunk surrounding the article, but the article is written by a railroad writer I have always enjoyed, Steve Glischinski.
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It will be very interesting to see their ridership numbers and if it pulls some riders from the EB.
It probably will affect the Empire Builder, I think particularly coming from Chicago. As of now, the Builder going west hits St. Paul just before 11 pm (if on time). The Borealis arrives about 6:30 pm.
Here's a link to some more info:
This is a much more useful service for those traveling between Chicago and St. Paul and intermediate stops. A big bonus, as Steve Glishinski's article pointed out, is that the Borealis is likely to depart St. Paul on-time, something that is a spin of the wheel of fortune for anyone wanting to board the eastward Empire Builder at St. Paul.
Be fun to take a ride on this train. The cars are different from anything else in use in the midwest, and the route has some very scenic stretches along the Mississippi. 444 minutes - not quite as fast as the old CNW 400 or Milwaukee Road Twin Cities Hiawatha or Burlington Zephyr, but still pretty good in this age of freight railroad control.
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