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How did the flood of immigrants who built Minnesota in the 1800s get here? Few came by riverboat or covered wagon. Most of them rode the railroad.

In our time, the airplane and automobile have largely supplanted passenger trains for long- and medium-distance transportation. But myriad forces are now combining to usher in a new era of fast, economical, convenient and comfortable cross-country travel by rail. If Minnesota is to regain its fast-disappearing prosperity, it dare not miss an historic opportunity to get on board and join a growing national trend back to the future - a future when a region's economic fortunes will reflect its embrace of modern intercity rail connectivity.