Taking the train to Springfield?

The former Frisco mainline from St. Louis to Springfield hasn't seen a scheduled passenger train since 1967, but Amtrak and the Missouri Department of Transportation have proposed to correct that by initiating Amtrak service between those two points, according to the Springfield News-Leader. The article states that the location of a passenger facility in Springfield is undecided, but another article indicates that much of the former Frisco (and former KCFS&M) trackage in the downtown area, where the old passenger terminal was located, is to be removed in the near future, leaving the Commercial Street area, where the BNSF has its main freight yard, as the only feasible location for a passenger stop. Perhaps they could use the former Frisco traffic-control building recently used by the Frisco Museum?

Their demand projections are no doubt aided by the fact that there is apparently no direct air service between those two points, according to the same article. (Sounds incredible, but the newspaper's statement is backed up by a quick search for direct flights between those points on Orbitz.)

If this service becomes a reality, I'll have to make a point of using it. It should be a beautiful ride, as well as a more civilized alternative to the bus.