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The agency in Maine that runs Amtrak’s Downeaster is facing a looming financial crisis.

For years, millions of dollars in federal money has helped pay for the train’s operation. But next year the federal money will run out to the tune of millions of dollars a year.

Downeaster managers hope New Hampshire might make up some of the loss - a possibility that state policymakers say is unlikely.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.