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Passenger Rail Advocacy & Education

The survival of Amtrak and the future of rail travel in America may be set by decisions made in federal, state, regional and local governments this year.

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These organizations are involved in rail advocacy or in educating the public and our governmental representatives about passenger rail travel.

• All Aboard - USA - Internet oalition of America's Pro-rail Advocates
• American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF)
• Amtrak Historical Society
• Arizona ARP
• Arkansas Rail - The Arkansas Association of Railroad Passengers
• Association of Oregon Rail & Transit Advocates (AORTA)
• Bay Rail Alliance
• California Rail News
• Connecticut Rail Commuter Council
• DVARP - Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers
• Empire State Passengers Association (ESPA)
• Friends of Amtrak
• Great American Station Foundation
• KenRail Wisconsin
• Midwest High Speed Rail Association
• MTS - Modern Transit Society
• NARP - National Association of Rail Passengers
• National Corridors Initiative (NCI, Inc.)
• Passenger Train Historical Society (PTHS)
• ProRail Wisconsin
• RailPAC - Railroad Passenger Association of California
• Reconnecting America
• Southwest Rail: An Independent Voice
• TRAC - Train Riders Association of California
• URPA - United Rail Passenger Alliance, Inc.
• Washington Association of Rail Passengers (WashARP)
• Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers (WisARP)

Other sites of interest to rail advocates:

• Amtrak and Energy Conservation in Intercity Passenger Transportation
• Proposed Railroad Abandonments
• Northstar Corridor (Proposed Minneapolis Commuter Rail)

Articles In Support Of Passenger Rail

This section was started on June 15, 2002, so you wont find much here yet. As I run across articles and arguments in favor of passenger rail, I will post links to them here.

• The Railroading of Amtrak: Trains, planes and automobiles held to different standards
• Conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr. says "Yes to the Railroads!"
• The need for a National, Subsidized, Passenger Rail System in the US
• A Dark Day for Long Distance Trains

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