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December 18, 2012
Written By Sean Jeans Gail The following was republished from Travel and Trains and Other Things, a blog written by NARP Board Member Jim Loomis. Dan Inouye has died. He was 88. He was probably never fully appreciated outside of Hawaii, but Dan’s an icon here. War hero who lost his right arm in Italy. Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Served in the U.S. House and then, for 50...
December 13, 2012
Written By Sean Jeans Gail Join NARP at the New York Times 10th Annual Travel Show for a spectacular international celebration. The show will be held January 18-20, 2013 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City (655 West 34th Street; New York, NY). [Click here for tickets and more information] January 18 will be reserved for travel professionals only, providing an opportunity for trav...
December 11, 2012
Written By Malcolm Kenton I just finished reading Frank Wilner’s new book, Amtrak: Past, Present, Future, a thorough account of the national passenger railroad’s origins and turbulent history. The more one studies the story of passenger trains in America in the latter half of the 20th century and into the 21st, the more the same theme repeats itself. Passenger trains have always had enough p...
December 11, 2012
Written By Sean Jeans Gail Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood partnered with the Atlantic Cities blog to answer readers' questions about America's transportation challengers. The first segment addressed a question that has been on the minds of many passenger train advocates since November's election: "Given President Obama's intent to build a better national passenger rail system, will there...
December 10, 2012
Written By Malcolm Kenton National Public Radio aired a report on Friday morning on the growing number of riders Amtrak’s Empire Builder is carrying to and from their jobs in the booming oil shale region of western North Dakota and eastern Montana. While NPR deserves credit for highlighting a story that most media outlets have overlooked – that so many oilfield workers find the one daily trai...