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Pioneer Media Articles

 

The following publications have printed articles about the Pioneer:

   

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O.P.B. NEWS   “All Aboard! Baker City, Others Want Amtrak Back”

 

(Oregon Public Broadcasting)

  

By Ethan Lindsey  -  January 28, 2009

     

The Hermiston (OR) Herald   “Restore the Pioneer”

  

By Dean Brickey and Jeanne Hoffman  -  March 18, 2009

     

Rawlins (WY) Daily Times   “Riding the Rails Again”

  

By Bridget Manley  -  March 20, 2009

 

  Ontario (OR) Argus Observer   “Bring the Pioneer Line Back Again”

  

No Author  -  March 23, 2009

 

IdahoStatesman.Com   “Amtrak Looking For Consultant on Pioneer Route”

  

The Associated Press  -  March 29, 2009

 

LocalNEWS8.Com   “Pocatello City Council Approves Amtrak Resolution”

  

Genevieve Judge, Local News 8 Reporter  -  April 2 & 4, 2009

 

WyomingNews.Com   “Amtrak returning to Cheyenne?”

  

By Michael Van Cassell  -  Wyoming Tribune Eagle  -  April 9, 2009

 

Forbes.Com   “Cheyenne on board with Amtrak route restoration”

  

By Mead Gruver  -  April 9, 2009

 

LocalNEWS8.Com   “Cheyenne on board with Amtrak route restoration ”

  

The Associated Press  -  April 9, 2009

 

OregonLIVE.Com   “Bring back the Amtrak Pioneer”

  

By Rick Attig, The Oregonian  -  April 15, 2009

 

IdahoStatesman.Com   “After 12 years, will Amtrak route return to southern Idaho?”

  

By Erika Bolstad  -  April 20, 2009

 

billingsgazette.com   “Cheyenne on board with Amtrak route  restoration”

  

By Gazette News Services  -  April 25, 2009

 

(Boulder) Daily Camera Online Amtrak eyes Boulder stop

  

By Ryan Morgan  -  May 15, 2009

 

(Fort Collins) coloradoan.com “Amtrak studying restarting Pioneer train service...”

  

By Trevor Hughes  -  May 16, 2009

   

Idaho Statesman   “Ridin’ the rails”

  

By Cynthia Sewell  -  May 31, 2009

   

     TimesCall.com   “Longmont endorses effort to bring back long-lost Pioneer rail line”

  

By Scott Rochat  -  June 1, 2009

 

IdahoBusinessReview  (.com)   “Amtrak rails may ring in trains’ return”

 

By Zach Hagadone  -  July 20, 2009

 

IdahoStatesman.Com   “Analysis of Amtrak's Pioneer line overstates costs...

 

By Erika Bolstad  September, 2009

   

Article by Sean Ellis    Draft Report by Amtrak Riddled with Deficiencies

  

By Sean Ellis  -  September, 2009

   

Assoc. of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates    AORTA’s Response to Sen. Ron Wyden

  

By Donald Leap, President  -  October, 2009

   

IdahoStatesman.Com   “Our View: Amtrak debate: more than numbers

  

October 6, 2009

   

Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner - “Why can out-of-towners see value in trains

                                but locals can't?”

 
By Charles Trentelman  -  June 6, 2010

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