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Archive -- Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers Meeting
Date
Saturday, March 24, 2018 11:30 AM Saturday, March 24, 2018 2:30 PM
Location
Prairie Canary Restaurant 924 Main St Grinnell IA 50112
Make plans to join with other Iowa passenger rail advocates for this important organizational meeting!
Topics will include the election of Officers and a discussion of the opportunities to return passenger rail service to Des Moines in the future.
Attendees are invited to order lunch off their menu as we discuss where IARP wants to go in the future.
We will be having elections for officers which dues paid members may vote in. We will be having a table where new members may register during the meeting.
Please RSVP to [email protected] or go to our Facebook page @IARPrail and RSVP-ing through our meeting invite.
"It is an honor to be recognized by the Rail Passengers Association for my efforts to strengthen and expand America’s passenger rail. Golden spikes were once used by railroads to mark the completion of important rail projects, so I am truly grateful to receive the Golden Spike Award as a way to mark the end of a career that I’ve spent fighting to invest in our country’s rail system. As Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, it has been my priority to bolster funding for Amtrak, increase and expand routes, look to the future by supporting high-speed projects, and improve safety, culminating in $66 billion in new funding in the Bipartisan infrastructure Law."
Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
March 30, 2022, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his years of dedication and commitment to passenger rail.