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Subject: Pere Marquette
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Date: Wed, 18-Jul-84 14:31:18 EDT
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From WEINSTOCK@TL-20B.ARPA  Wed Jul 18 11:30:51 1984
On Saturday, August 4, Amtrak is inaugurating service from Grand Rapids,
Michigan to Chicago, Illinois.  The special inaugural train will leave at
9:15am and stop in Holland at 10:45am, Bangor/South Haven at 11:45am, St.
Joseph/Benton Harbor at 1pm, and New Buffalo at 1:50pm.  Special ceremonies
will be held at each stop.

Regularly scheduled Pere Marguette service will begin the next day leaving
Grand Rapids at 7:30am and arriving in Chicago at 9:40am.  Return service will
leave Chicago at 6:04pm and arrive in Grand Rapids at 10:40pm.

This is a 403(b) train, supported by funding from the State of Michigan.  I
wonder where the Grand Rapids station will be?  The last time I took a train
along that route (a Chessie Steam Special) it left from an obscure track in the
middle of a yard.
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