Hilltopper (train)

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 314: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The Hilltopper was a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It ran daily from South Station in Boston, Massachusetts to Catlettsburg, Kentucky. The 1,674 mi (2,694 km) run made 34 stops in 11 states and the District of Columbia.[1] The Hilltopper replaced the discontinued Mountaineer on June 1, 1977.[2][3] Initially it terminated at Washington, D.C., but on January 8, 1978 was combined with the Night Owl and extended to Boston.[4]:73 The train was discontinued October 1, 1979 and service has not returned to many of its stops in Southwest Virginia and West Virginia.[2]

The Hilltopper had a warm supporter in West Virginian congressman Harley Staggers, but it was "cited by critics as an example of everything that was wrong with Amtrak" and was one of several routes cut in October 1979 as part of a reorganization by the Carter Administration.[5][6]:51

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  5. ↑ Dilger (2003), 91.
  6. ↑ Template:Solomon-Amtrak
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