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From 1989 to 1993, Carmichael served in the administration of U.S. President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] as the head of the Federal Railroad Administration within the [[United States Department of Transportation]].<ref name=bio/> He is a former chairman of [[Amtrak]].<ref name=campaigns/> Carmichael founded the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. In his later years, he hence became more identified with transportation policy than Republican politics.<ref name=bio/>
From 1989 to 1993, Carmichael served in the administration of U.S. President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] as the head of the Federal Railroad Administration within the [[United States Department of Transportation]].<ref name=bio/> He is a former chairman of [[Amtrak]].<ref name=campaigns/> Carmichael founded the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. In his later years, he hence became more identified with transportation policy than Republican politics.<ref name=bio/>
In his later years, Carmichael advocated the construction of a railroad to link the ports of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], Alabama and Pascagoula, Mississippi, north to Lucedale and Waynesboro, and then join with the Meridian Southern Railroad line running through Quitman and to Meridian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.byteland.org/quitman/railroad_to_the_gulf.html|author=Terry Lynch|title=Dreaming of a Railroad to the Gulf|date=August 7, 2009|publisher=byteland.org|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref>
In his later years, Carmichael advocated the construction of a railroad to link the ports of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], Alabama and Pascagoula, Mississippi, north to Lucedale and Waynesboro, and then join with the Meridian Southern Railroad line running through Quitman and to Meridian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.byteland.org/quitman/railroad_to_the_gulf.html|author=Terry Lynch|title=Dreaming of a Railroad to the Gulf|date=August 7, 2009|publisher=byteland.org|accessdate=May 5, 201; material no longer accessible on-line4}}</ref>
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