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February 11, 2013
Written By Super User The Burch family and NARP are pleased to invite your company or organization to submit nominations for the 19th Annual Dr. Gary Burch Memorial Safety Award. Please note that we welcome multiple nominations from the same organization, and also accept nominations from individuals. The Burch Family has funded and presented the award to honor the railroad employee judged to have...
February 7, 2013
Written By Sean Jeans Gail In another instance of NARP members working to improve the experience of riding trains, Michiganmembers of NARP’s Council of Representatives have worked to install an electronic departure and arrival board for the Kalamazoo Transportation Center. The board—a repurposed flat screen television—is part of a pilot program that NARP hopes to expand to other cities:...
February 5, 2013
Written By Sean Jeans Gail Image courtesy Alaska RailroadUpdated to include: This discount cannot be combined with other discounts. NARP is pleased to announce a new partnership with Alaska Railroad that will give NARP members a 20 percent discount on all Adventure Class fares on Alaska Railroad trains, making it even easier for passengers to tour the wild beauty of “The Last Frontier” in th...
February 1, 2013
Written By Malcolm Kenton NARP and the Midwest High-Speed Rail Association (MHSRA) unveiled Tuesday a revised version of our joint White Paper, “Long Distance Trains: A Foundation for American Mobility.” The original was released September 17, 2012. Our goal with the paper is to transform the public image of long-distance trains, which is often colored by false stereotypes perpetuated by t...
January 31, 2013
Written By Sean Jeans Gail Take a moment and head over to the Midwest High Speed Rail Association, where you can join their campaign to demand that Anderson Cooper and his producers include the critical voices of high speed rail advocates and experts in future coverage. Streetsblog’s Tanya Snyder has put together a comprehensive overview of the heated responses to CNN’s coverage of Recovery...