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- Excursion Trains Return to Bellows Falls
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- NECR, WACR Injury-Free in 2012
- Agency of Transportation to Apply for TIGER grant for Western Corridor
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- Vermonter Speeds To Increase March 11-18
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- 2012 Accomplishments
- Genessee & Wyoming Approved To Take Over RailAmerica and NECR
- Photo Gallery of High Speed Rail
- Amtrak Vermont Service Canceled For Sandy
- Vergennes Train Station Moved To Park and Ride
- RailAmerica's Charles Hunter and Amtrak Conductor Mike Kujula Win Jim Jeffords and Herb Ogden Awards At Annual Meeting
- Annual Meeting in Middelbury Joins Advocates To Highlight Western Corridor
- NECR "High=Speed" Project Dedication
- Work Underway for faster Vermonter via "Knowledge Corridor" In Massachusetts
- Middlebury Spur Sidetracked
- New Amtrak E-Tickets
- TIGER Funding To Help Montreal Service
- Vermont Nets Nearly $8 Million To Complete Rail Upgrades From St. Albans To Canadian Border
- Springfield MA Train Station Redevelopment Receives Funding
- 2012 Accomplishments
- Waterbury, Essex Jc & Brattleboro to Host National Train Day Events in Vermont
- Pan-Am Railways Improves Freight Service
- New Station Caretakers at Rutland & Montpelier Junction
- FEMA Funds for White River Bridge Approved
- Amtrak Vermonter 100% On Time in March!
- Vermonter Upgrade To Continue This Summer
- State Will Buy $6 mil of Welded Rail
- Vermont Senators Support Passenger Rail & Western Corridor
- Montreal, Green Mountain TIGER grants Submitted
- AOT Requests New Rail Staff
- VRS Moves From Worst to Top Performer For Amtrak Timekeeping
- Higher Truck Weight Limits Removed From TBill
- Agency Outlines Work for Montreal Passenger Trains
- Quebec Constructing Interstate to Parallel Railroad To Vermont
- Push for National Truck Weight Increase
- Governors Budget: 10 mil for Western Corridor
- Rail Director Joe Flynn Appointed Director of Vermont Emergency Management
- Turtle Crossings Installed By New England Central Railroad and ECI for Endangered Species
- Rail Historian & Filmmaker To Appear on WDEV Friday
- Delay In Removing Bennington Branch Bridge
- Amtrak Ethan Allen Schedule 15 Minutes Faster
- Saratoga & North Creek Celebrates Successful First Year
- Ethan Allen Schedule Now 15 Minutes Faster
- North Bennington Station Featured In New Book
- NECR & Vermonter Route Still Not Open
- VRAN Honors Railroads & David Wulfson At Annual Meeting With Shumlin, Searles
- VRAN Upgrades Constituent Database
- VTrans' Secretary participates in Rail “Knowledge Corridor” groundbreaking
- Railroads Help Highways In Irene Recovery
- Lt. Governor Joins VRS Track Crew
- Vermonter Resumes Service
- Island Pond Rail Service Gets Thumbs Up From Business Community
- VRAN Annual Meeting To Celebrate Reconstruction
- New England Central Returns to Normal After Hurricane Irene
- Railroads Set to Restore Service Sooner Than Anticipated
- Save the Date: VRAN Annual Meeting, Oct 17
- House Subcommittee Approves Shutdown Budget for Amtrak
- AMTRAK NEWS RELEASE: House Republican Budget Plan Will Eliminate All State-Supported Amtrak Service
- Glory Days of the Railroad Festival Canceled by Floods
- Joe Flynn Temporarily Reassigned; Trini Brassard is Acting Rail Director
- Every Railroad Line In Vermont Damaged By Flood
- Amtrak Museum Train Visits Burlington This Weekend
- Vermont Freight Railroads Compete for Marketing Prize
- Rutland Railway Association Reopens After Burst Water Main
- Dates of Bussing for the Vermonter
- Danby Station Demolished
- Special Essex Junction - Burlington train operated
- How Train Service Sparks Development
- Bustitution for Vermonter
- Senate bill would authorize more federal funding for TIGER grant program
- Welch Supports Passenger Rail Funding
- Vermonter Route in Connecticut Awarded More Funds
- Thank You to Sponsors and Volunteers of National Train Day in Brattleboro!
- Western Corridor Not Funded in Latest High Speed Rail Grants
- Remembering Mike Coates
- Soft Housing Market & Industry Changes Mean Hard Times for Northeast Kingdom Rail Customer
- Why All The Opposition To High-Speed Trains?
- Voters Oppose Raising Truck Weight Limits
- New York Times Calls Cuts in High Speed Rail Program, "Hairbrained"
- How Much of My Tax Dollars Went to Amtrak?
- Federal Bill Would Allow States To Raise Truck Weight Limit
- West Springfield MA Intermodal Terminal Expanded
- Southwestern Vermont Rail Corridor Committee (SVRCC)
- "Otter Creek Railroad" to Build Middlebury Spur in 2013
- CALL TO SHUT DOWN PASSENGER TRAINS IS ON COLLISION COURSE WITH MIDDLE EAST EVENTS
- Shumlin's Budget Address Promotes Rail
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- Agenda for 2011 Rail Stakeholder Meeting in Montpelier
- Dubie Pledge Amtrak Return to Montreal
- Groundbreaking Ceremony for NECR High-Speed Rail Project
- New & Expanded Freight Rail Customers in 2010
- Higher Truck Weight Extension Not Successful
- Federal Rail Infrastructure Spending Remains Underfunded
- New Vermont Amtrak Commercials
- NECR Gets Started on High-Speed Rail Work
- OH & WI Rail Funds Reallocated to VT, CA, FL . . .
- In Memoriam: Robert Adams of Green Mountain RR (Dec 2)
- Delegation Asks For Rejected Wisc & OH Rail Money for Western Corridor
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille Valley Trail Will Need Act 250 Review
- Middlebury Seeks Grant For Station
- Shumlin chooses Brian Searles for transportation secretary
- Groundbreaking Ceremony for NECR High-Speed Rail Project
- 2010 Annual Meeting
- Study Shows Bigger Trucks Could Divert 17% of Rail Business
- The Vermont Rail Action Network welcomes the release of Federal stimulus funds for rebuilding the Vermonter route
- New Amtrak Station Sign Coming In Rutland
- RFP Issued, Proposals Due for "Track 3" Study
- Let's Get to Montreal!
- State Submits Application for "Western Corridor" Upgrade, Bringing Amtrak's Ethan Allen to Middlebury and downtown Burlington
- Essex Junction Group Cares for Station Area
- Amtrak Vermonter Ridership up Sharply
- Train takes fans to Shrine game
- US House lowers rail funds, raises highway funds
- Vote This Week, RE Historic Rutland RR Cars to City of Rutland
- Farmer's Market at Essex Junction Station on Friday Evenings
- Vermont and New York Meet To Consider Bennington Service
- VRAN Website Menu Reorganized
- Bennington Hosts National Train Day Celebration
- Ray LaHood (Transp. Sec) & Joeseph Szebo Visit New England to Announce "Fast-Track" Status for Vermonter Route Grants
- Ethan Allen Sat Departure moves to afternoon
- Amtrak Ridership In Vermont Up, Especially Vermonter
- NARP Meeting in Boston Highlights NE Passenger Rail Successes
- Rutland Herald Editorializes in Support of Middlebury Rail Spur
- Charlie Moore Resigns from Vermont Rail Council
- Middlebury Spur Record of Decision Released
- Western Vermont Feels Left Out In High-Speed Rail Grant
- Rutland Railyard Plan Provokes Concern
- Vermont Gets 2 of 3 High-Speed Stimulus Awards
- Vermont Rail Action Network Hosts First Rock Inside Burlington's Union Station
- VTrans Hires New Rail Director
- VRAN Honors Jeff Munger and Herb Font-Russell for Contributions
- VTrans, NECR Seek Funds to Increase Speed of Vermonter
- "Arrivals & Departures" Art by Charlie Hunter @ West Branch Gallery, Stowe
- Burlington Free Press Editorial Supports Rail Investment
- Vermont Joins New England States in Pre-Application for High-Speed Rail Stimulus Funds
- New TV ads: The Destination is only part of the Journey!
- New AARP Report Shows Support for Transportation Alternatives
- New Amtrak Stop @ Castleton
- Vermont Rail System Runs Tiki Train
- Come Join Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce In Support of Ethan Allen to Burlington!
- Vermont Rail Action Network delivers 1,335 signatures in Support of Amtrak’s Ethan Allen to Vermont Legislators and Governor
- Monteplier Legislative Hearing to save Ethan Allen
- Hoosick Jc - Bennington Gateway Reopened
- Vermont Revises Rail Plan
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"Knowlege Corridor:" faster, more frequent service to New York from White River Jc, Bellows Falls & Brattleboro
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Local Groups
Essex Junction: Railroad Works (Railroad Ave Revitalization Project). Contact Penny Pillsbury 802-878-6955 or brownell_library@yahoo.com. See "Downtown Essex Junction" on Facebook.
Rutland: Friends of Rutland Rail. contact Herb Font-Russell (802) 855-8437 herirovt@comcast.net. See Rutland Herald Coverage of Friends of Rutland Rail
Bennington: Southwestern Vermont Rail Corridor Steering Committee. contact Wendy Rae Woods: (802) 367-1155. Aim is to restore trains from New York to Bennington and Manchester.
Randolph: Now forming. Call Lee Khan: (802) 279-3627 or lee_khan@msn.com
White River Junction: Now forming. Call Christopher Parker: (802) 579-3394 or e-mail christopher @RailVermont.org
Bellows Falls: Will be formed soon. Call Christopher Parker: (802) 579-3394 or e-mail christopher @RailVermont.org
Brattleboro: Will be formed soon. Call Christopher Parker: (802) 579-3394 or e-mail christopher @RailVermont.org
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