FRA: Installation of shunt-enhancing antennas for passenger trains not imminent

By Bob Johnston | March 18, 2026

Delay means Chicago-Carbondale trains’ Superliners can’t ease capacity crunch elsewhere

Going-away shot of passenger train with bilevel cars, with Chicago skyline in distance

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