Empire Builder supporters launch new website

Editor’s note: This corrects information on ridership in Havre and Shelby

Mark Meyer of Portland, Oregon, a Cut Bank native and a member of the Rail Passengers Association, said he has helped create a website promoting and advocating for Amtrak’s Empire Builder that runs along the Hi-Line, traveling from Chicago to the West Coast and back.

“I actually have been wanting to do this website for many years … before the current crisis affecting all long-distance Amtrak trains,” Meyer said.

The goal of the website is to get a representative in every community to act as an advocate for the Empire Bui...