St. Louis-Chicago Amtrak route to get faster, more reliable, state says

For David Dixon, Amtrak’s “Lincoln Service” is the love train.

The 28-year-old Joliet resident takes two trips a month to see his sweetheart in St. Louis, and he was happy to hear that the route will be speeding up — from a maximum of 79 mph to 90 mph next year, and 110 mph in 2019.

“I think it...



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