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Rail birthday: Amtrak's new train gets one-year profit party

Charlottesville mayor Dave Norris and state rail director Thelma Drake break into an impromptu "Happy Birthday" singalong. PHOTO

More trains: Amtrak plans to dailify the Cardinal

Amtrak wants the Cardinal–- shown here at Union Station–- to leap from 6 to 14 visits per week. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Just a year after helping to l

Amtrak and state launch new train

The biggest names in rail and politics came to Charlottesville on Wednesday, September 30, one day ahead of the biggest transportation news in years: the launch of a new regional rail service– years in the making and millions in the subsidies– to give Charlottes
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