From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   I just received the press release from Indiana DOT: The Hoosier State crisis   
   is over. FRA came to Indianapolis last week to negotiate. They have an   
   agreement in principle, that Iowa Pacific Holdings will be responsible for   
   compliance with FRA safety regime, a provision that one really expected   
   would have been in the state contract all along.   
      
   State of Indiana will NOT become a railroad for the purpose of complying   
   with the federal railroad safety regime. The state will have to designate a   
   staff member whose job it is to ensure compliance with federal standards.   
      
   There's no news as to when IPH rolling stock will be used, and I really have   
   no idea what they'll provide, but I'm looking into that.   
      
   In other news, there's no daily service to Cincinatti and certain   
   third-world countries have better intercity passenger rail service than   
   Amtrak provides.   
      
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