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A close-up of two engines and some passenger cars of an Amtrak train as it passes through Ames on December 9, 1986 (see p. C1, December 10, 1986, AMTRAK ROLLS TO ROUSING AMES WELCOME, in "The Ames Tribune"). F. Paul Goodland (3/19/1930-9/7/2004), during his tenure as mayor of Ames from 1980-1990, worked hard to convince the federal railroad officials to route Amtrak through central, rather than southern, Iowa and hence through Ames. He wanted to re-open the old Chicago & North Western Railroad depot as an Amtrak depot. Though he received a lot of local support, in the end, he was unsuccessful.