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lirr42 wrote:welcome to America where Amtrak can pay for an extremely long, out of the way route to NYC (the cardinal) but cannot "pay" for a CHI_Indy or Chicago_Cincy train since they don't meet arbitrary mileage requirements. seems to me a farebox requirement would make a lot more senseStation Aficionado wrote:...But as of next year, Amtrak can't legally pay for it and, apparently, Indiana won't...Why can't Amtrak legally pay for it? Isn't it considered a long-distance train?