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…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello You will want to make sure you don’t miss these upcoming rail events. I’ll be speaking at a SIERRA CLUB FORUM Wednesday evening DECEMBER 15TH AT 7:00PM and I’d love to have you in the audience. I’m planning on laying out THE CASE FOR INVESTING Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello On the railroad, Thanksgiving is when rallroaders are away from family, working the biggest travel day of the year. It is the peak of the fall surge in freight, in advance of Christmas. In Vermont it is the season of salt sheds and propane tanks Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello I’m pleased to share a link for the recording of November 2nd zoom call on rail priorities in Vermont: railvermont.org/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/url&u=381&qid=31784 We had a great discussion. A big thanks to the Media Factory for being tech hosts and making this recording available. DONATE [4] ___Our rail Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello Tonight at 7pm, please join us (zoom link below) for an update and discussion on rail advocacy priorities in Vermont. We plan to cover: – Extension of Ethan Allen to Burlington – Extension of Vermonter to Montreal – Potential for commuter rail – Marketing the Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello We are lining up speakers for our zoom call on rail priorities happening 7 pm on Tuesday November 2nd . You’ll hear from members of the VRAN board, legislators and hopefully some other special guests. We expect to cover: – Extension of Ethan Allen to Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello At 7 pm on November 2nd will be a zoom call to discuss rail policy priorities in Vermont for 2022. We’ll have several speakers and hope to create an engaging discussion. I hope to see you there. Please mark your calendar. The zoom link is: Read more…
Unsubscribe [1] [2] [3] Hello Nothing like a train wreck to capture the conversation. Over the past few days, the Montana Amtrak derailment is the first thing people are talking about with me. WHAT HAPPENED? The investigation is only just starting and there is no obvious cause. The train wasn’t Read more…
Want an Amtrak ticket to downtown Burlington? Middlebury? Manchester? Bennington? Vergennes? Rutland at additional times that the train doesn’t run? You can get one! Today! Even though the Ethan Allen won’t roll into Burlington until 2022. How? By using the Amtrak website (amtrak.com) which will sell you a coordinated ticket Read more…