Subject: Railroad Passengers September Newsletter
From: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ross Capon" <IMCEAEX-_O=NARP_OU=FIRST+20ADMINISTRATIVE+20GROUP_CN=RECIPIENTS_CN=[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:16:10 -0400

To our friends at Amtrak, September 17, 2010-

Attached please find our September newsletter. The contents are shown below.

-Ross Capon, President, National Association of Railroad Passengers www.narprail.org<http://www.narprail.org> 202-408-8362, cell 301-385-6438

Page one-President Obama Seeks New Funding to Include 4,000 Miles of Railways
--NJ Gov. Christie Halts Tunnel Work; NARP Presses for Project Modification
--Bi-level Car Design Agreed by FRA/Amtrak/States

Page two-Correction (Senate Appropriations seeks three new positions beyond the 62 new ones Obama requested)
--(Continuation of Hudson River tunnels story)

Page three-Some politicians turn anti-rail
--Extra Chicago-Kalamazoo Service Runs Labor Day Weekend
--NARP Educates, Engages Students returning to college

Page four-Niagara Falls, NY, and Pontiac, MI to get new intermodal transportation centers
--Travelers' Advisory-Amtrak's Great Dome Car to run on certain Adirondack and Cardinal trips; St. Louis-Chicago and Palmetto changes on certain days;
--NARP wrote to cities along former North Coast Hiawatha route seeking resolutions in support of the train's return.