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• Jun 17, 2009: Railroad Passengers Praise Administrations’ Guidance for Intercity and High-Speed Train Development
Administration officials unveiled the much anticipated interim guidance for their high-speed intercity passenger rail program this morning, revealing more detail about what President Obama’s vision for a new network of high-speed trains will look like when it becomes a reality. NARP’s Director of Communications, Sean Jeans-Gail responded “This plan lays the groundwork for something that can truly transform the way Americans move about in their lives.”
• Apr 21, 2009: Railroad Passengers Honor Representative Mica with Golden Spike Award
Washington, DC--The National Association of Railroad Passengers will present the George Falcon Golden Spike Award to Representative John Mica (R-FL) during the Association’s Annual Congressional Reception tomorrow evening in Washington, DC.
• Apr 21, 2009: Railroad Passengers Honor Senator Harry Reid with Golden Spike Award
Washington, DC--The National Association of Railroad Passengers will present the George Falcon Golden Spike Award to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) during the Association’s Annual Congressional Reception tomorrow evening in Washington, DC.
• Apr 16, 2009: Rail Passengers Praise President Obama’s High Speed Rail Vision
NARP President and CEO Ross Capon issued the following statement after attending President Obama’s unveiling of the Administration’s Vision for High-Speed Rail in America, the mandated strategic plan..."It was truly an honor to be present when, for the first time in my 34 years with the Association, a President of the United States delivered a speech on passenger trains that I would have been proud to have authored, backed up by the unprecedented $9.3 billion for intercity passenger trains in the Economic Recovery law...”
• Apr 14, 2009: Railroad Safety Award To Be Presented to Norfolk Southern’s Dwayne Meadows
The family of Dr. Gary Burch and the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) announced today that Mr. Dwayne Meadows, a Bridge Supervisor for Norfolk Southern and resident of Altoona, Pa., has won the 2009 Dr. Gary Burch Memorial Safety Award. The award, which honors individuals who have significantly enhanced rail passenger safety, is sponsored by the family of Dr. Burch, who died in a 1991 passenger train derailment in South Carolina.
• Feb 14, 2009: Railroad Passengers Praise Economic Recovery Legislation
In a statement this morning, NARP President Ross Capon said, “President Obama and the U.S. Congress deserve high praise for producing legislation that—by properly recognizing the value of passenger and freight trains—finally begins to move transportation policy in a genuinely new direction. With passenger rail a conspicuous beneficiary of the House-Senate conference, we are especially pleased to acknowledge reports that this was partly due to the personal involvement of President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...”
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