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Posted 21 August 2015 - 11:36 AM

Some of these items are old news, but NARP's commentary is interesting.

 

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Posted 26 February 2016 - 05:06 PM

February 26, 2016

 

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 05:34 PM

From December 22, 2016 NARP Hotline

 

 

 

Passenger rail advocates, including All Aboard Ohio, gained a new ally in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in their effort to see daily Amtrak Cardinal service, which currently runs three times weekly between New York Penn Station and Chicago Union Station. BSA Chief Scout Executive Michael B. Surbaugh in a letter encouraged Amtrak President Wick Moorman to shift service to daily operations, noting that the Scouts will have major events coming up in 2017 and 2019. If Amtrak won’t increase to daily service, Surbaugh urged Amtrak to see service increase on a temporary basis during July 2017 when the BSA will begin holding its annual National Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve at Mount Hope, WV. An even larger event will occur in 2019 when the World Scout Jamboree is held at that location, near Amtrak Cardinal stations along the New River Gorge National River, a 70,000-acre recreation area. Amtrak estimates it has enough locomotives and passenger cars to run the Cardinal as often as five days per week.


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Posted 29 December 2016 - 03:03 PM

12-27-2016 Hotline

 

 

The Solutionary Rail book, a blueprint for a steel interstate that joins passenger rail, freight rail, and utility transmissions, is now available for purchase. The book offers an antidote to the current division in our country and a platform for communication between the many sectors of this society whose lives intersect with the railroads. The author, Bill Moyer, presented to the NARP Council during our Fall meeting in Denver.

The Solutionary Rail book describes how we draw people together across differences to:

  • Electrify U.S. rail lines, starting with the Northern Transcontinental from Seattle to Chicago (and more).

  • Power the trains with renewable energy, abundant in large swaths of middle America.

  • Utilize railroad rights-of-way to transmit renewable electricity to urban centers.

  • Make improvements to tracks and scheduling to improve service and better the lives of workers.

  • Lure freight off trucks and airplanes, undermine the profitability of fossil fuel transport, and displace that cargo with high value freight - resulting in better passenger service as well.

Solutionary Rail is hosting a gala event to launch the campaign on January 7 -- RSVP HERE. NARP members and affiliates are invited to attend the Solutionary Rail Campaign Gala Launch at Tacoma's gorgeous and historic Union Station.  The event is 3-5pm Saturday January 7, 2017 at Union Station in Tacoma, WA.



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Posted 13 January 2017 - 06:27 PM

NARP's 2017 Advocacy Summit and Meeting in Washington, DC

 

 

Make plans NOW to attend NARP’s Spring 2017 Advocacy Summit & Meeting in Washington, DC - Sunday, April 23 through Wednesday, April 26, 2017. NARP’s 2017‘Action Day On The Hill’ & Congressional Reception will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

The Host Hotel is again the Sheraton Silver Spring (MD,) which is located just three blocks from the Metro Red Line Silver Spring station. Discounted group rate room reservations are now available. Don't delay...discounted rooms sold out quickly last year!



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Posted 03 February 2017 - 05:28 PM

A bunch of promising passenger and freight rail news in the latest NARP Hotline.

 

Take note of the aggressive push for Chattanooga high speed rail and the return of passenger rail in Mexico.

 

https://www.narprail...-rail-projects/






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