March 21, 2010
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Time for a stop
Amtrak does not place much emphasis on expansion, and their marketing appears to focus on bathrooms on board, diners, and specials.
The SW Chief may arrive at an ungodly hour in Emporia, but is it also an ungodly hour in Newton.
Emporia as a community would welcome service back, but the looming question is how does a community go about this? If Amtrak seems indifferent, and if the state transportation department ignores or denies the public interest, and if the local legislature and federal elected representatives do nothing, then all that remains is public chatter.
To expand on bloomsbury's call to arms above ("complain loudly") I would add, contact every official in our community and our state representative (Hill and Mast) and our senator (Barnett) and our Congressman (Moran), and your Governor (Parkinson) and make it crystal clear that Emporia wants service restored.
If you are a person with a even more motivation get involved with the Northern Flyer Alliance (I did). This organization seems to have a real sophisticated approach to organizing communities and the public and getting the attention of the legislature. Their efforts and success made USA Today last month.
February 5, 2010 at 8:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Passenger rail is possible here
I live in Kansas City; it's a large City and there a lot of things to do. And one of the posts above questions or suggests that a person like myself wouldn't have any cause to visit Emporia.
My sister used to ride the train there in the '60's when she attended ESU. When I attended ESU in the 70's I didn't ride the train (it had curtailed daytime service) and I remember my dad having to pick me up (a long drive). I would have liked to ride the train, but that wasn't possible.
I have a daughter who is thinking of attending ESU. Will there be a train? I hope so.
I have a son, he is in a scout troop and I am a scout leader. I would love to take the troop by rail to the National Park at Strong City. It would be a wonderful eco-tourism outing, convenient and something I could not do when I was a Scout.
Does it seem strange that I do not talk about taking the troop on a plane to Yellowstone? What's special about Tallgrass? Well it is.
There's plenty of reason and value associated with expanded passenger rail service.
August 26, 2008 at 9:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )