Re-Equipping the Hiawatha

[John_Perkowski]

The link takes you to the Milwaukee Journal – sentinel:

Wisconsin Legislators Consider Funding New Amtrak Hiawatha Trains

[mtuandrew]

How many cars does about $14m get you nowadays? I didn’t see that in the article.

[rcthompson04]

How many cars does about $14m get you nowadays? I didn’t see that in the article.

Part of a $39 million deal with the rest being Federal funds.

[electricron]

How many cars does about $14m get you nowadays? I didn’t see that in the article.

Wisconsin’s share is just short of $14 million, when you include the $25.7 million federal share the total is around $39 million.
Per recent new car orders from Siemens by California and other Midwest states, these cars cost around $2.7 million each. 137 cars for $371 million. So $39 million should buy around 18 of these Siemens coaches..
Math Follows:
371/137 = 2.708
39/2.07 = 18.8
Source of data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALIDOT