WINONA, Minn. – Details are coming together for a second daily round-trip train service through Winona. Trista Matascastillo, chair of the Great River Rail Commission, said service could begin as soon as summer. Tentatively the trains would run four hours behind the current Empire Builder.
> East bound: A day train would depart St. Paul about noon with a 3 p.m. stop in Winona and a late-night arrival in Chicago.
> West bound: An overnight train would depart Chicago about 4 p.m. with a midnight stop in Winona and an early-morning arrival in St Paul.
Earlier: New locomotives on Empire Builder
Red-nose power. New trains may be pulled by Amtrak’s recently acquired low-emission Siemens Charger locomotives.
