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Is That a Solar Farm, or a Train Track? In One Swiss Town, It’s Both.
A start-up company and a local rail operator have found a way to use that land to generate clean electricity: Lay solar panels between the rails.
A pilot program placing solar panels between the rails has proven successful enough that the idea is spreading to Italy, France and Korea.
Traveling through seven states, Amtrak’s North Coast Limited/Hiawatha connected Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington. Operating for more than 80 years, the discontinuation of this line in 1979 severed access to passenger rail to the largest cities in Montana and North Dakota and small towns in between. As a result, a vast expanse of the Greater Northwest Region lacks passenger rail service.
Today, more than 2,000 miles from the Great Lake to the Pacific and 800 miles from Great Falls to Denver no longer have access to passenger rail service. It’s time to provide passenger rail service to all of America. The benefits of restored service are many.
