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Protections for Amtrak’s Southwest Chief gaining steam

“We’re in a race against time, a race against entropy.”

Protections for long-distance train routes, like the Southwest Chief, are chugging through U.S. Congress. 

The Southwest Chief runs from Chicago to Los Angeles and back again, completing the route every 4-5 days. It passes through a swath of rural southeastern Colorado and northern New Mexico.