Subject: Railroad Passengers March Newsletter
From: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:58:34 -0400

To our friends at Amtrak, March 15, 2010-

The attachment is our March newsletter. Below is a list of the contents.

--Ross B. Capon, President and CEO

National Association of Railroad Passengers www.narprail.org<http://www.narprail.org>

505 Capitol Court NE, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20002-7706

Telephone: 202-408-8362 FAX -8287 Capon cell 301-385-6438

Page one-Amtrak Fleet Plan Points Way to Modernization, Expansion

--NARP Members Get Results: WV legislature unanimously approves bill to require state rail plan with more emphasis on passenger trains; Ohio member gets feature article in Canton Repository

--Illinois/Iowa plan to restore Chicago-Rock Island and Chicago-Rockford-Dubuque trains-work to begin next year

Page two-Trains gain from TIGER grants

--Wireless Internet comes to Acela; Amtrak issues Request for Qualifications aimed at expanding service to all its trains

--More Texas track work (TRE Dallas-Fort Worth will enable reroute of Texas Eagle);

--Capon addresses Chicago HSR conference Feb. 24

--Budget Gaps = Transit Woes

--Illinois State Senate committee passes bill to create Illinois High Speed Rail Authority to work on trains that exceed 150 mph

Page three-New Jersey: Tunnel Criticism Intensifies; Transit Fares Rise

--Florida's New Passenger Train Law

Page four-NARP Gears Up for Day on Capitol Hill

--Travelers' Advisory on improved benefit for Amtrak Guest Rewards members

--National Train Day