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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
"Saving the Pennsylvanian (New York-Pittsburgh train) was a local effort but it was tremendously useful to have a national organization [NARP] to call upon for information and support. It was the combination of the local and national groups that made this happen."
Michael Alexander, NARP Council Member
April 6, 2013, at the Harrisburg PA membership meeting of NARP