GULFPORT -- Band students and cheerleaders from Gulfport High joined scores of residents and government officials from Coast cities and counties, and South Mississippi business leaders to greet the Amtrak train making a test run across four coastal states today.
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The Amtrak Inspection Train made its first stop in Mississippi at Bay St. Louis before going on to Gulfport, Pascagoula, Mobile and several cities in Florida, where the passenger was expected to end in Jacksonville. There was no stop in Ocean Springs, but residents and city officials turned out to celebrate none the less.
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Deidra Dunn was among the crowd gathered at the downtown depot, and expected she'd ride the Sunset Limited if passenger rail service is restored in South Mississippi.
"I'll probably do something if it comes," she said.
She expected the celebration was bigger in Biloxi, with the crowd filling up the Coast Transit Center at several restaurants offering food. She tried to catch the celebration there but the train was pulling off when she arrived.
"I think Biloxi is really going to contribute to its (renewed passenger rail service) coming. They are going to push it because they have the mass transit center," said Dunn.
Railroad representatives, and city, state and federal officials rode the train during its inspection run today.
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