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Archive -- Trains In The Valley Meeting - Greenfield, MA
Date
Thursday, February 1, 2018 6:00 PM Friday, January 12, 2018 7:30 PM
Location
Olver Transit Center 12 Olive Street Greenfield MA 01301
Trains In The Valley is pleased to be hosting the second in a series of rail related events in the Pioneer Valley.
Our first event of 2018 will be held at the Olver Transit Center — which also serves the Amtrak station stop in Greenfield.
Our guest speaker will be Carl Fowler, Owner/President of CHF Rail Consulting
Carl Fowler has been an advocate for passenger rail service for over 45 years. He ran a worldwide rail tour company for 33 years and is a long time member of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (now known as the Rail Passengers Association) and was for many years a member of its Board of Directors.
He made the original proposal to Vermont Governor Howard Dean’s administration for the daylight schedule that became the Vermonter, when Amtrak decided in 1994 to discontinue its overnight Montrealer service.
Carl will share some history of northern New England passenger service and offer insights for a much more positive future in our region, drawn from his experience with other corridors like the Cascades and Capitol routes on the West Coast.
Registration link (with further information)
https://trainsinthevalley.eventbrite.com
"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.