Congratulations to the Vermont Rail System which – again – won the Railway Age award for Shortline of the Year. Vermont Rail System displayed an “entrepreneurial spirit” to serve customers, according to the magazine which will make the award at the American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association conference in May. Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello I want you let you know about two excellent sources of information and visuals about Vermont Railroading. Kevin Burkholder is taking pre-orders for an in-depth guide to the Vermont Rail System and Jim Jones continues his excellent documentary styles series of Vermont made videos on Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello I’m spending a lot of time listening to the Vermont House and Senate transportation committee since the legislature is in session. Yesterday the Senate transportation committee had the railroads testify, giving updates. I’ve summarized for you below, but you can listen to the recording here Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello If you missed our forum on marketing intercity passenger trains, I’ve uploaded it to youtube: railvermont.org/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/url&u=582&qid=47127 [4] I learned a lot from Natalie Bogart and Priscilla Kalugdan who market the Downeaster and Capital Corridor Routes for their respective state level operating authorities, and Jim Mathews, Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello CSX has reached an agreement with Vermont Rail System and the State of Vermont regarding the proposed CSX purchase of Pan-Am Railways which connects with Vermont Rail System in Bellow Falls, White River Junction and Hoosick Junction, NY and is (or has been recently) Vermont Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello Tomorrow (Tuesday Jan 4th) at NOON you’ll hear how other states are successfully marketing Amtrak intercity passenger trains. The ZOOM LINK is: railvermont.org/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/url&u=545&qid=44969 [4] Joining us will be: NATALIE BOGART, MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR THE DOWNEASTER train to Maine, which has seen its ridership grow 87% Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello We’re looking ahead to a a zoom forum this coming Tuesday at noon . . . and looking back at the year we’re now wrapping up. It’s fair to say, the highlight of the year was the resumption of Amtrak service on July 19th. Many Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello Tuesday JANUARY 4TH AT NOON, we have our next ZOOM FORUM, this time talking about best practices to market intercity trains. We’ll hear from Natalie Bougart, marketing manager for the Downeaaster train to Maine, which has seen ridership grow by 150% and Jim Mathews, CEO Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] Hello Updates on Ethan Allen to Burlington preparations and getting back to Montreal were presented by VTrans at Thursday’s Vermont Governor’ Rail Advisory Council. ETHAN ALLEN TO BURLINGTON “In general, we are full steam ahead,” reported Vtrans Project Manager Paul Libby. Work is almost finished on the Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello Delays in the supply chain are national news. What’s the role of the railroad? Railroads are short-staffed like many industries. The big Wall-Street driven class 1 carriers are certainly guilty of partly creating their own mess by laying off many workers earlier in the pandemic. Read more…