Bob Kuzelka of ProRail Nebraska speaks at a town hall co-hosted by State Sen. Margo Juarez of Omaha in North Platte. It's the third of five town halls she and the organization are holding to educate and to gauge interest Nebraskans have in expanding passenger rail in the state. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Railroads built Nebraska and helped usher in some of the state’s earliest economic benefits, ProRail Nebraska leader Bob Kuzelka told a group gathered Tuesday night at the town’s public library.

“And now they can do it again,” he said, advocating for expanded passenger rail in the state to increase transportation options and grow tourism and commercial development along rail routes. “At every stop, lots of people get on, people get off.”

Kuzelka was among a

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