Derailed

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Derailed episodes

October 16, 2019 Episode 2: Every Single Dime
Almost a decade after it was first unveiled, the Great Recession and President Barack Obama's federal stimulus bill gave Wisconsin's plan for a high-speed rail line new life.
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October 16, 2019 Wisconsin’s Stimulus Rail Funding Grew From The Great Recession
Every Single Dime
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October 09, 2019 Episode 1: Tommy's Train
Even if you remember that it was Gov. Scott Walker who wanted to kill the high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, there's a chance you don't remember who started it. It wasn't Walker's Democratic opponent in 2010, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Or the governor before Walker, Democrat Jim Doyle. Instead it was Wisconsin's longest-serving governor — a Republican governor — Gov. Tommy Thompson.
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October 09, 2019 Wisconsin’s High-Speed Rail Saga Was Decades In The Making
Tommy's Train
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September 23, 2019 Coming Soon: Derailed
In 2010, Wisconsin got a federal grant to build a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee. Derailed is the story of how the rail project came together, how it fell apart and how Wisconsin changed along the way.
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Derailed is a limited-run podcast from Wisconsin Public Radio's "WPR Reports" about Wisconsin's high speed rail line that never was.