Deadline Looms for Ohio to Apply for Rail Funds ; State to Seek $250m to $400m in Stimulus Money to Establish Passenger Service.

Dayton Daily News › September 15, 2009

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COLUMBUS -- Railroad enthusiasts are hustling to meet an Oct. 2 deadline to apply for $250 million to $400 million in federal stimulus money to establish passenger rail service between Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Cleveland.

"There is a lot of competition out there. There are 40 states who announced their intention to apply for the federal funding," said Stu Nicholson, spokesman for the Ohio Rail Development Commission.

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Deadline Looms for Ohio to Apply for Rail Funds ; State to Seek $250m to $400m in Stimulus Money to Establish Passenger Service.

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama anno...

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