Subject: Railroad Passengers August 2012 Newsletter
From: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:17:49 -0400

To our friends at Amtrak:

Our August newsletter is attached. The contents are listed below. Have a pleasant rest of the summer!

--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>

Page One-Where Trains are Few, Their Benefits Can Still Be Many (my column about multimodal transportation centers)
--NARP Honors Senator Inouye
--On-Time Performance Challenges

Page Two-Thanks to NARP's four summer interns

Page Three-Amtrak Niantic River Bridge opens ahead of schedule
--NARP Backs FRA Effort to Speed Project Completion (Categorical Exclusions for projects in existing rights-of-way or facilities)
--House hearing on Amtrak food service
--VIA Rail Canada udpate

Page Four-CREATE: Modernizing Chicago's Rail Network
--Montana Senators Call for Empire Builder Capacity Boost

Page Five-Vision for a Washington Union Station Bursting at the Seams
--Higher Train Speeds Sought in East Texas

Page Six-The Expanding Alaska Railroad
--Travelers' Advisory - Amtrak eTicketing goes national
--North Carolina Corrections