McHenry County Blog

Genoa’s pretty happy.

They must be where the two southern routes cross in northen DeKalb County.

Two of three possible Amtrak routes would run through Geonoa to Rockford all the way to Dubuque.

According to the DeKalb Chronicle, former Crystal Lake and now Genoa City Manager Joe Missurelli said,

”Sen. (Dick) Durbin and Rep. (Don) Manzullo are both applauding the study."

But he added that “there would still be significant capital costs and operating costs to consider.”

The Rockford Register-Star reported March 6th,

Durbin and U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Egan, will meet with local officials in the next few weeks and also hold a public meeting at some point to talk about routes.

I wonder if anyone from McHenry County will be at the meeting, which has not yet been set, according to Manzullo’ office.

I called up Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari for some details and a decent map.

Here’s what he told me:

“We were asked to run one trip a day. That’s not the same as multiple frequency commuter service. The capacity for one in-bound and one out-bound train per day is different from multiple frequency commuter service.

“It’s entirely possible that the capital cost for what we looked at would not be the same as what others are looking for.”

$62 million is Amtrak’s number. Magliari told me that he keeps seeing a much higher number in the Rockford media.

The map can be enlarged by clicking on it.

Here's the link to an article that appeared on July 4th on McHenry County Blog.

Labels: Amtrak, Genoa, Marengo, McHenry County Huntley