North Dakota: Burleigh, Mandan County ommissions issue statements of support for passenger rail line

"It's a good deal for our community if we can get this service reestablished," Mayor Tim Helbling said.

Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority wants to bring passenger rail back to southern Montana and other parts of the upper West and Midwest more than 40 years after the North Coast Hiawatha Route ended service. That route ran from Chicago to Spokane, Washington, until the late 1970s.