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- ↑ Poulisse, Adam (2016-03-05). "Boone County farmers opposed to Great Lakes Basin Railroad project". Rockford Register Star . Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ Guerrero, Isaac (2016-02-27). "Railroad project could bring jobs, development to Rockford and miles of tracks through Boone County". Rockford Register Star . Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ "Building the Great Lakes Basin Railroad". University of Illinois at Chicago . 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ Duwe, Gina (2015-12-06). "Chicago freight rail bypass gaining steam, founder says". Janesville Gazette . Retrieved 2016-04-10.
A privately funded, $8 billion freight rail proposed to bypass Chicago and connect to an existing line in Rock County is gaining steam faster than the founder expected.
- ↑ "GLBT STB Application" (PDF). 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ↑ "Federal Government rejects Great Lakes Basin railroad bypass around Chicago". 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
