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Archive -- Colorado Rail Passenger Association (ColoRail) Meeting
Date
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:00 AM Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:00 PM
Location
Kimpton Hotel Born 1600 Wewatta Street Denver CO 80202
The Colorado Rail Passenger Association (ColoRail) will meet in Denver, Saturday Morning, February 17th at the Kimpton Hotel Born adjacent to the Denver Union Station platforms.
Agenda topics include the LA Metro’s expansion program, State funding for rail and transit and Advanced Locomotives using fuel cells.
The meeting will close with a memorial celebration for ColoRail leader Ira Schreiber who passed away recently.
The meeting will start with a breakfast buffet at 8 am and conclude at noon.
Donations of $15 are requested to help defray meeting costs.
The Born Hotel is located at 1600 Wewatta Street and the meeting will take place in the Copper Ballroom.
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.