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Amtrak Borealis topped 18,500 passengers between St. Paul and Chicago in first month
The Borealis, a mid-day Amtrak train from the downtown St. Paul Union Depot to Chicago, launched in late May following decades of advocacy by rail fans eager to see a second train roll out daily after the storied, but often delayed, Empire Builder. The …