Five new cities served and four new/improved stations. The total rail corridor improvements cost of up to $275M is being funded by the State of Illinois. Federal funding is needed for new station locations including Rockford, Belvidere, and Huntley, and proposed improvements at Elgin....
Completes required mid-life overhauls of 33 Siemens Charger locomotives owned by Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. All state-supported routes in the Midwest rely on these locomotives....
Improve shunt quality for the 33 jointly-owned Siemesn Charger locomtoives in the Midwest fleet. This would eliminate the need for additional car equipment to meet minumum axel counts from the host railraods and eliminate some opearting speed restrictions in Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri....
Installation of induction loop technology to assist hard of hearing passengers on jointly owned Midwest Next Generation single-level equipment on 17 married pair coach cars...
Preliminary cost for up to 41 additional cars (new total of 120 cars). Supplemental cars would be divided among participating Midwest Fleet Ownership consortium (currently IL, MI, MO & WI), as needed. Equipment that serves multiple states and jointly owned by multiple parties would be...
Would result in 80% on-time-performance with more fluidity to CN corridor with crossovers and sidings....