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Home » Press Releases » Gov. Evers: ICYMI: Gov. Evers, Sen. Baldwin secure over $140 million federal rail grant to modernize passenger rail locomotives serving Wisconsin, Midwest rail routes
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), in partnership with Amtrak, today celebrated the state’s efforts to successfully secure over $140 million from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to update up to 41 Charger locomotives, which serve Amtrak’s Midwest and Pacific Northwest routes, including th...