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From Trains.com:


Amtrak southbound train No. 342, the lastsouthbound Hiawatha service train from Milwaukee, Wis., to Chicago, Ill., in the evening, struck a vehicle at the Braun Road crossing at 8:13 p.m. last night, shortly after leaving the station stop at sturtevent, Wis., according to Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. The Vehicle's occupant was killed. The crossing gates were down and the warning lights had been activated.

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http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/072msxti.asp


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Hear is anouther link from the local news.
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http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/3004805/detail.html

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After the bad news on Tuesday hear is some good news about the Hiawatha.


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Ridership rose last month, for the 10th straight month, on Amtrak's Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha line, the DOT reported. The trains provided 32,871 rides, which was up more than 10% from last February even after adjusting for this year's leap day. In the first two months of this year, ridership totaled 66,954, up 14% from 58,824 in the same period of 2003, DOT rail chief Ron Adams said.


From the March 22, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


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The Hiawatha service between Milwaukee & Chicago is a good deal for everyone. It's usually on time, and a new limited snack service (manned on some trains by a pushcart thru the aisles - cookies, chips, soda, juice, beer, wine, etc) is very welcome. Now if they'd just hurry up & fix that icky station!
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I agree with you GrandmaJudy. The Milwaukee station sure needs the remodeling. It still looks like it is from the 50’s I know they keep talking about the improvements and I believe that there was money allotted from the state for the fix up. It has been a wile since I been in the station but they used to have a photo up on what the station is suppose to look like after the improvements.

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I agree on Milwaukee. I was through there last month on the Empire BUilder and thought it was even more depressing than St. Louis. At least in St. Louis I could look at the skyline while stretching my legs.
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Oh... I thought she was talking about the Sturtevant station....
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Another successful candidate for the Darwin award.
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