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Texas National Train Day Events
Friday, May 16, 2008
Information about the National Train Day Event held in Marshall, TX is available on the East Texas Corridor Council web site. The event was focused on the following agreement which made the event not merely symbolic, but a catalyst for future train service in the region:
In the spirit of the 139th anniversary of the joining together east and west of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, an historic signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding took place bringing together the East Texas and North Central Texas Council of Governments with the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments.
This MOU is designed to build interstate support for a strengthened passenger rail service in the Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas (Ark-La-Tex) region, envisioning a future east-west connection between Marshall to Shreveport/Bossier and on to Meridian, Mississippi (as well as a connection between Little Rock and Memphis), thus creating a southern rail route to the Atlantic seaboard.
Volunteers also organized events in Dallas and Fort Worth, and Texas Rail Advocates has information on those events. The two major cities in the DFW Metroplex, plus Grapevine, issued proclamations for National Train Day.
Thank you to NARP Board Members Christina Anderson and Tim Geeslin for their dedicated work in Marshall, and to Board Member Peter LeCody for organizing the DFW events!
--Matthew Melzer
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