Agreement in place for high-speed rail service between St. Louis and Chicago
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (L) shakes the hand of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) as U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) looks on following a press conference in St. Louis on May 8, 2009. The Senators were in St. Louis to announce an agreement reached with Union Pacific and the Illinois Department of Transportation to study what upgrades would be needed to accommodate high-speed rail between St. Louis and Chicago. Funding for the project would come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for high speed rail. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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