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Amtrak plan to replace dozens of aging trains: cost $7.3B

by Tom Krisher
| July 8, 2021 12:03 AM

DETROIT (AP) — Amtrak plans to spend $7.3 billion to replace 83 passenger trains, some nearly a half-century old, though much of the funding must still be approved by Congress.

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