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Mar 13, 2010: NARP’s 2010 Northwest Division Membership Meeting

All Aboard Washington will be hosting the annual “High Speed Rail for the Pacific Northwest” Conference in Seattle on March 13, 2010.  This gathering will include the annual membership meeting for the Northwest Division of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, consisting of members and reports from NARP, All Aboard Washington, and the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates.

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Mar 13, 2010: NARP Upstate New York Local Membership Meeting

Annual membership meeting for members of NARP and the Empire State Passengers’ Association (ESPA).

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Mar 20, 2010: NARP Mid-Atlantic 2010 Membership Meeting

The annual membership meeting for NARP members in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia will be held from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Union Station in Washington, DC. Speakers will include NARP Board members Ken Briers and Jim Churchill, representatives from MARC and VRE, and NARP President Ross Capon.

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Mar 27, 2010: Midwest High-Speed Rail Assn. Annual Meeting

Membership meeting of the Midwest High-Speed Rail Association. Click for more details.

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Apr 10, 2010: PA / DE / NJ Membership Meeting

Annual general membership meeting for NARP members in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Apr 17, 2010: NARP/RailPAC Spring Membership Meeting

Twice-yearly combined membership meeting of NARP and the Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada (RailPAC). Featured speakers include Amtrak Vice President for Policy Steven Gardner, Caltrans Rail Division Chief Bill Bronte, L.A. City Council member Tom LaBonge, and outgoing NARP Chairman George Chilson. Click “read more” for a complete program.

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Apr 26, 2010: NARP Spring Council of Representatives Meeting

The Council of Representatives, NARP’s governing body, will conduct a business meeting in conjunction with a Lobby Day on Capitol Hill and the annual Congressional Reception.

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Dates: Sunday, April 25 through Wednesday, April 28
Location: Hilton Alexandria Old Town Hotel, 1767 King St., Alexandria, VA
Adjacent to Alexandria Amtrak/VRE station (ALX) and King Street Metro station (Blue and Yellow lines)

Click here for hotel room reservation information (requires members-only login)

May 08, 2010: National Train Day 2010

A national celebration of rail travel to commemorate the anniversary of the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. Events will be held at many Amtrak stations and other locations across the country. Please check back here for more details of events as they become available. See pictures and reports from previous years’ celebrations and check out the official National Train Day website.

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Oct 19, 2010: Rail-Volution 2010: Making Portland a Livable Community Capital

This annual conference “provides an opportunity to see and hear about the last decade of creating livable communities in Portland and the challenges this city is facing. Recent Rail-Volution conferences have attracted planners, business leaders, elected officials, community leaders, funders and transportation advocates from more than 300 communities in 30 states.”

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