Subject: Railroad Passengers October-November Newsletter
From: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 07:46:57 -0400

To our friends at Amtrak, October 4, 2011-

Attached is our October-November newsletter. The contents are listed below.

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

Page One-New Threat: "Crumbling Edge of Quality" as the apparent best-case scenario cuts Amtrak below inadequate 2011 levels (with table showing funding back to 2010)
--Federal Grant towards faster Washington-Richmond-Raleigh trains
--USDOT announces $291.4 million in new passenger train capital

Page Two-Green light for Chicago-Rock Island; Study west to Omaha
--BNSF vs. UP: Sharply Different Attitudes on Positive Train Control
--Invitation to run for State Representative on NARP's Council of Representatives

Page Three-NARP at AARP's Big "Life at 50+ National Event" in Los Angeles Sept. 22-24.
--Upgraded Amtrak Stations for the Gulf Coast(w photos at Brookhaven, MS; Hammond, IN)
--Georgia Seeks New Atlanta Station (w photo of existing station and condemned short-term parking lot)

Page Four-Travelers' Advisory re Amtrak's new policy for unaccompanied minors; Vermonter resuming normal operation Oct. 1; Minot, ND, service to resume Oct. 22; Two new Wisconsin Thruway bus routes
--NARP on Campus (Oberlin College), on the Air (WYPR Baltimore), in the Community (Car Free Day in the District of Columbia; North Carolina Alliance for Transportation Reform).

Ross B. Capon, President & CEO
National Association of Railroad Passengers
505 Capitol Court NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002-7706
202-408-8362 (mobile 301-385-6438)
www.narprail.org<http://www.narprail.org>