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Bt in many American cities the path to the passenger train is paved ith rbble... or broken glass... or boarded p indos... or poor lighting!n (:) i. (:-, '.J..'. or peeling paint... or for-letter ords... or nlit signage... or bad parking conditions... or inoperative pblic telephones... or lack of posted basic information. Why? Ohio Senator Bob Boggs rites, "One of the goals of ~passenger rail service shold be high standards of accessibility, cleanliness, ity." convenience, secrity, and overall system qal The Senator is right! Some Ohio Amtrak stations are not p to the condition standards yo and old like. As speak ith some Ohio legislators, the perception of Amtrak trains as being "second class" transportation (hoever njstified) is being sed to qash OARP's attempts to psh for the 3-C service, despite or assrances to the contrary..y_-: nfrastrctre improvements for Amtrak in Ohio are a mst. t ill take money. And attitde improvements. And commitments to qality. Amtrak ill not do it alone. Yo or on't do it alone either. Yet there is a crying need for higher qality standards. t's apparent to me that e mst assess the infrastrctre throgh the point of vie of those ho don't or on't se the service, and start asking qestions. have encontered all the negative conditions in paragraph one at varios Ohio Amtrak stations. They reflect poorly on Amtrak. They reflect poorly on Ohio. They also reflect poorly on passenger rail transportation in general. don't like that. Neither shold yo. Hope comes in bits and pieces; bt it comes -- ith strggle, ith effort. The dangeros platform srfaces at Canton are soon slated for reneal. The heavily vandalized Sandsky "station" may be relocated to a better environment at the east side of ton -- at least efforts are nder ay to effect this. Cleveland's free-standing Amtrak sign has been re-blbed and shines again over the Shoreay. By taking care of the individal trees, e help improve the forest! believe OARP can help trn negatives into positives. it'll take some ork in or Amtrak station commnities, Sre, jst mayb~ yo'll need to get yorself involved. and Bt statsqo on'tctitifereallyantabettertomorro. 11111,11111 ll 1111111111111//lllllll/11111111/ 1111 3 ll /( 11111111111 11111111111111 1111111111111
( L E G S L A T V E N E W S by Manfred Orlo OARP's Government Affairs Director THE 3-C CORRDOR PROJECT Once again e re in the middle of the Smmer season and still don't have or trains. Bt are e any closer? Yes, do think so. The past fe months have seen a flrry of OARP activity everyhere along the proposed 3-C Corridor rote from Cincinnati to Cleveland. We have earnestly begn, ith the help of some of or Regional Coordinators and other volnteer helpers, to distribte or ne "All Aboard, Ohio!" brochre throghot the State. This informational piece describes ho conventional-speed passenger train service can serve Ohio's most poplos intercity transportation corridor. C an yo provide names and grops to inclde ith or brochre distribtion campaign? Please, please let s kno. Especially if yo live in Ohio ithin or close to the 3-C Corridor. t is important that e reach as many potential sers of this rail passenger service as possible ithin the next fe months. We ant others to kno hat e're doing... and hy. Srprisingly, in spite of distribtion by the thosands to senior citizens grops, city officials and others, response has been less than overhelming to say the least. n fact, or OARP President and have conclded that if OARP ere to stop the 3-C Campaign tomorro, it old hardly be noticed. There have been very fe follo-p inqiries from the pblic ths far. mendos social and economic possibilities of modern passenger train service ithin Ohio's 3-C Corridor. n th e 1 egls 1 a t - Almost everyone in the OARP membership can visalize the tremendos stateide organization pshing for the 3-C passenger trains. Drop the campaign? t's NOT going to happen. We're the only ive front, S.B. #65, sponsored and co-sponsored by State Senators Snyder and Boggs, respectively, had its first hearing, ith sponsor testimony only, on Jne 9th. attended that hearing by the Senate Finance Committee, srronded by a roomfll of emptiness, in spite of notices of the hearing. Senator Snyder as eloqent, as sal, and there ere a fe qestions from members of the Finance Committee, althogh did not get the impression there as a great deal of interest ithin the grop. No vote as taken, of corse, and the bill ill contine to be heard ith proponent and opponent testimony dring the next legislative session in the Fall. Smmer OARP legislative activities ill be confined to frther distribtion of the 3-C brochre, and to begin to organize bill testimony schedles. We believe it is important the legislative committees hear from as diverse a parade of itnesses as possible, representing the 3-C Corridor cities and potential ser grops from p and don the line. OHO HGH-SPEED RAL We ere both srprised and discoraged to learn of the recent bond fnding plan's abandonment for the proposed Ohio highspeed rail project. No one ill deny that the planned ar- 1111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111 4 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll rail system by starting ot ith conventional-speed service. proposal for the incremental approach to a ftre high-speed their cooperation and assistance ith the alternative OARP the merits of the entire high-speed rail program. e are seldom privy to inside information abot the Ohio High-Speed Rail Athority's activities, so e are not sre hat ill happen ithin that body to keep the planning momentm continos. Press reports indicate that approximately $1 million for stdies and administrative prposes ill contine to fnd their ork. We ish them ell, and ill contine to seek led the pblic to think that the action as a reflection of the Ohio Hose and Senate leadership's initiative ith this rangement as controversial and risky, bt press(~ports of AMTRAK FUNDNG n Congress, the Hose bdget resoltion calls for $614 million for Amtrak ith an additional $27 million being designated exclsively for the Northeast Corridor. Hoever, an extra $4 million of demonstration money has been added to test high-speed operations of the Spanish "Talgo" articlated train, according to sorces at NARP in Washington. A Spplemental Appropriations bill inclded in the Hose-Senate Conference Report, designates $5 million extra for rail ork on the MONTREALER rote, here passenger train service has been sspended and sbstitte dedicated bs service provided for Amtrak passengers. A special mailing to all OARP members the eek of Jne 22nd strongly rged an intensive letter riting effort aimed at Congress reqesting their spport for fll fnding for Amtrak and mass transit. Letters from the constitents DO cont-- more than yo might imagine. That's hy it is vitally important to speak p for better trains! A FNAL NOTE OARP elcomes ROLAND NESSLNGER to his ne position as Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation. He scceeds Robert Clark Bron ho resigned in May to become a vice president in transportation-bonding for Shearson Lehman Bros. of Ne York. Nesslinger is former president of the O hio offices of the conslting engineering firm of Parsons Brinckerhoff, nc. He ill oversee transportation modes for Ohio D.O.T., inclding rail, mass transit, aviation and ater transportation. Althogh e have not yet met or talked ith Mr. Nesslinger, e nderstand he is rail-oriented and ill likely take a personal interest in both the 3-C Corridor conventional-speed proposal and the high-speed rail project. Selfishly, e hope this interest ill be positive. We ish him ell in his ne post! STATE REP. BOB CORBN [R- Dayton, 38th Dist.) HEARD FROM, NEEDS NPUT... Corbin rites, in part, on Jne 4th; ".. am opposed to H.B. 359. feel that it is a bad idea and.. has little chance of passage. don't consider it a valid incremental approach to intracity [sic) rail passenger ser vice... don't believe sch a service can be economically sccessfl. - hio... is primarily an atomobile sing society." llllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 5 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
( A LETTER FR'- darp PRESDENT JOHN R. (JACK) MARTN.. P.. Draer 1734 Atlanta, GA 331 ( Mr. Tom Plsifer Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers P.O. BOX 653 xenia, OH 45385-653 May 8, 1987 Dear Tom: read ith interest the April 1987 isse of the 6:53. the 6:53 reglarly. ndeed, read as dismayed, hoever, by the report of points covered dring my qestion and anser session at the joint NARP Region 6 and 7 meeting in Chicago. believe pblication of a correction is arrented since otherise ill have attribted to me statements that did not make. Of the five points specifically noted in the report: 1. did state that Amtrak for FY1988 old probably end p ith jst over $6 million. 2. The nmber of AEM-7 electric indicate referred to 1 and F4 diesels is misstated. My notes F4 diesels and 7 AEM-7 electrics. 3. The comments concerning the Heritage Fleet cars and the state of Michigan's interest in possibly paying for HEP ork are correct. 4. did not say that a rerote of the California Zephyr over the C&NW rote beteen Chicago and Omaha looks good for the Fall of 1987. What said as Amtrak old make a decision by Jne and if they elected to rerote the train, it might be done by the Fall of 1987. At the time of the Chicago meeting, no decision had been made by Amtrak. As of the date of this letter the decision has not been annonced. 5. did not say that Amtrak management favors a rerote of the Capitol Limited throgh Toledo and Cleveland and did not say that Amtrak and Conrail ere negotiating on payment for signal ork beteen Cleveland and Alliance. did say that Amtrak old like to rerote the Capitol Limited throgh Cleveland bt that in so doing that presented a dilemma for Pittsbrgh. f they are able to serve Cleveland at a decent hor, Pittsbrgh ill not have convenient times. made no comment abot negotiating for signal ork. at the meeting receiving a Also, as erroneosly given credit for those the Amtrak Travel Planner ne Amtrak nationide time table and a copy of made by the sponsors of booklet. n fact, those arrangements had been the meeting. Best regards, /s/ John R. Martin accracy in reporting. Editor's Note: We appreciate Jack's admonition to that e MUST make sre May this serve to remind ALL of s train don the tracks! everything's lined p correctly before e take the OARP FALL 1987 MEETNG to coincide ith AMTRAK OPEN HOUSE at the CLEVELAND LAKEFRONT STATON. Date & Details Forthcoming. iii\lllllli 11111111!! \ll 11111111111111111111 6 tllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllll\111111111111111111 r SXTY ATTEND OARP ANNUAL MEETNG: HEAR THREE GUE~1 SPEAKERS! the close of the day to those ho promised to take care of the Holiday nn/convention Center in donton Mansfield. 6 ere in attendance and or meeting received extensive stateide press coverage. Unfortnately an AP ire story proved a bit misleading ith incorrect references to both high-speed trains and to commter trains in mentioning hat OARP is proposing for Ohio's 3-C Corridor. N ever th e 1 ess... or A nna 1 Meeting ent ell and e had THREE featred gest speakers. Timothy S. Shear, Exective Director of the nely organized Ohio High-Speed Rail Association, pdated s on the stats of the high-speed project and rged closer cooperation and dialoge beteen OARP and the high-speed rail proponents. Frank Stoy, Amtrak's District Spervisor, pdated s on some Amtrak operational improvements -- both systemide and some projects pertaining to Ohio -- highlighting concerns ith Amtrak's infrastrctre (stations and facilities) in Ohio and ndiana. Or third gest, Dennis Hale ho is Amtrak's Regional Sales Manager, broght pdates on advertising, sales, and service enhancements on some Amtrak trains. All three gests fielded many qestions from the interested adience and a significant portion of or meeting as devoted to or gests. Th e morning Bsiness Meeting as highlighted by extensive discssion on the Toledo Central Union Terminal sitation. n the afternoon "rap-p" session e passed the folloing motion; "That the Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers ask the Toledo City Concil and/or the Toledo Metropolitan Area Concil of Governments (TMACOG) to appoint a task force ith broad representation to look into the disposition of Toledo's Central Union Terminal." Treasrer Ben Libby reported a crrent OARP balance of $1,448.86 ith some bills otstanding. Manfred Orlo spoke briefly on the stats of the 3-C Project and the ne OARP "All Aboard, Ohio!" 3-C Project Brochre as introdced. Vice President Hoard Harding reported that OARP no has official permission to make its membership flyers available, by ay of or on literatre holders, in the Amtrak stations in Ohio. Holders and spplies ere distribted at OARP held its 1987 Annal Meeting on Satrday, May 16th at this task in the varios Amtrak cities. Th e A nna 1 El ' ec t - ion of OARP Officers as condcted by Larry George. Gess hat? Yo have yor same for officers for another year! All for ere re-elected nanimosly and nopposed. President Torn Plsifer thanked the membership for their contining spport bt added very frankly that the demands of time and involvement he sees being placed on the leadership of OARP indicate e mst seek fnding so that OARP can be in a position to employ administrative help and qite possibly an exective director. Amtrak materials for the meeting attendees ere provided by Frank Stoy and Dennis Hale, inclding some door prize items; and for their gracios help e thank them! We also appreciate Hoard Harding's extensive report on NARP's recent Directors Meeting in Washington. We also congratlate Hoard on his appointment to NARP's Exective Committee! He is the first Ohioan to serve in this capacity for NARP. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 7 1111111111111:111111111111111111111111111111111111111
( TOLEDO's t~~tral UNON TERMNAL AN UPDATE by LARRY GEORGE, OARP's Toledo Area Regional Coordinator offices in CUT. Evidently the attempt to dispatch cres on Conrail's bsiest division from a point 5 miles aay hasn't orked ot. Also, it's been reported recently that the CUT boiler has failed, and that <;onrail is spending a large amont of money to replace it, rather than making a stopgap repair. These developments, F tre, indicate that perhaps Conrail is seeing the isdom of staying in CUT. F that's so, and F the tility bill "scam" that Conrail has been perpetrating pon Amtrak can be resolved, then MAYBE there's hope that Amtrak can remain in CUT. t mst be remembered that other factors exist in the Toledo sitation hich render Conrail's remaining in CUT totally irrelevant. A s f or OARP' s mo t. lon, rna d e at the May Annal Meeting in Mansfield, that the Toledo City Concil and the Toledo Metropolitan Area Concil of Governments (TMACOG) form a task force to address the CUT isse; can say the proposal's reception has been lkearm at best. City Concil has informed me, by ay of the Mayor's office, that they have decided to let TMACOG carry the ball on this isse, since TMACOG has already done some ork on it. This refers to a proposal made several years ago by the late Harry Broaday, then a city concilman, to make CUT into an intermodal train/bs facility. Within the past month, TMACOG made pblic their conclsion that sch sage of CUT as not feasible, at least not for the forseeable ftre. have commnicated ith TMACOG's Director, and he has assred me that they ill stdy the isse frther. He added, hoever, that any conclsion old be a "long term thing". At or OARP its cre dispatchers back to Toledo, presmably in their old t has been rmored that Conrail is moving at least some of Meeting in Mansfield, as informed by a fello OARP member ho happens to ork for a Toledo radio/tv station, that some of my comments in the April 6:53 regarding the CUT isse ere more than a little psetting~the Mayor of Toledo and one of the heads of the local convention and visitors brea. The brea exective sent some literatre for distribtion at or meeting. The booklets proclaim that donton Toledo is alive and ell and imply, by reason of being sent to or meeting, that Amtrak old have to be crazy to leave its present neardonton location. For anyone ho took one of these booklets close inspection old reveal absoltely no reference to the fact that one can get to Toledo on a passenger train. There is a half-page display, ith a head-on shot of a jetliner sperimposed pon a photo of the donton skyline, extolling the virtes of sing Toledo Express Airport; and another display shoing Ohio's nterstate Highay system ith an inset map of donton Toledo and ho to get there from the nterstates. Bt no mention hatever of CUT or Amtrak. Yet this booklet's promoters and the Mayor of Toledo, hose indifference on the isse has already been mentioned, are "pset" at the sggestion that Amtrak find a more sitable location for serving its Toledo cstomers. felt that OARP's "Task Force" recommendation from or Annal Meeting as a good one, 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 8 llltiiuhitltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ( (' bt frankly 'm not srprised at the less than e<--.!usiastic response by the agencies to hich it is addressed. TMACOG, at least, is interested, bt they don't seem to realize that Amtrak's problems in Toledo cannot ait for a long-term soltion. Many ell-intentioned people, inclding other OARP members and editors of the Toledo Blade, have sggested ays to keep Amtrak in CUT. Bt, again~nkly, most of these have been pie-in-the-sky, ith no accompanying sggestions as to ho to pay the bill. c th t lven ese Clrcms ances, intend to introdce a resoltion at or Midsmmer Meeting in Belleve, recommending that Amtrak commit itself to a ne Toledo station as soon as fnding -- from hatever sorce is available. 've been told that the City of Toledo does indeed on some land adjacent to CUT. 'll check this ot. Also, there's land for sale along the north side of Air Line Yard on Hill Avene near Scott Park. This land is oned by Penn Central Corporation. There old be no problem in rnning LAKE SHORE rote trains off the mainline to this site and back onto the mainline at the east end of the yard. The site is very close to the ye for the Detroit line, ths trning the LAKE CTES consist old be no problem. ndeed, it old be far easier than it is at present. also nderstand that Conrail has recently been bending over backards to be cooperative ith Amtrak at CUT. t's hard to say right no hether this is de to a recent top level management change in Conrail's Toledo hierarchy, OARP's recent pblicity over the CUT isse, or a combination of both. 'll keep yo informed as to ho this progresses. We cold easily devote this entire 6:53 and then some to the Toledo sitation. t has prodced a healthy amont of lnpt -- pro and con, positive and negative -- via letters, editorials and phone calls. A ellritten and lengthy letter on this isse from OARP member RON PLATOWSK of Toledo as distribted at the Mansfield Meeting. There have been nmeros articles and editorials on this matter in The Blade. This isse ill be frther discssed at Belleve Jly 25th. Again, yor Toledo Area Regional Coordinator serves to do jst that -- to coordinate all inpt on this isse. Please channel yor thoghts and sggestions throgh LARRY GEORGE (see Directory on Page 2) so that he may bring them before or pcoming Midsmmer OARP Meeting in Belleve, especially if yo cannot attend and ish to have yor inpt considered. ---- OARP Pres. Tom Plsifer OARP's modest little ad in the May and Jne isses of OHO MAGAZNE dre a modest response -- pls one ne member ths far. We thank the several OARP members ho earmarked special donations to help pay for the ad. lt:...u'..u~,~,,k;li~,... N...,..,...,,,..._... Retail and - Catalog $1. Refldable. Royalv.ood, Ltd' 517{)M l'.bcxme Rd, Mansfield, Dlo 447 4191526-163:) TRANS We believe the recent Ohio High-Speed Rail fnding debacle has left many citizens and even legislators thoroghly confsed (Why is this OARP still pshing for trains?) and e are facing a very serios and difficlt time in edcating people abot conventional rail passenger train service for Ohio. Wllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 9 ALL ACWO We ant roodem passenger trams serv "'9 on.o s CteveianciCoir-Ginarnab Comdor no' Together,..., can achoel.<! Wnte for sample nesletter Ne membersl-.p $1. Clhoo Assoaabon of Railroad Passengers, Box 653C, Xenia, Clhoo 45385. TRAVEL Gettysbrg Free 4&page booklet Travel Conci. 35 r-,.,...,1.,. ~t 711:; t"""...,tt\,.,n,,"' Dll. 17')-'X v...,,,... r.-~ A ll 111111111111 ll ll
( MARCH 3,- J84 AT BEREA, OHO. THE TEMPERATURE S 2 F. AMTRAK'S WESTBOUND LAKE SHORE LMTED HGHBALLS TOWARDS CHCAGO.. ON TME! --- Ken Prendergast photo A fll-color version of this photo ill grace OARP's 1988 CALENDAR. We ill have these ne 1988 OARP CALENDARS ready in September and by breaking this nes in this isse of the 6:53 e are encoraging advance orders and ill accept yor order no. Or handy CALENDARS measre 9" x 12" and are printed on a qality stock. Pricing ill be the same as for previos years so as to encorage yo to order several and to se them as "otreach" tools by giving them to friends and associates for se in homes and offices. They're jst 1 each in any qantity, pls jst $1. toards postage and shipping for any order, any qantity. One CAL ENDAR old ths be $1.1. TEN CALENDARS old be $2.. 1 CALENDARS old be jst $11.. OARP's 1988 COLOR CALENDAR not only has the entire year before yo at a glance, ith the major holidays highlighted; bt also lists for yor information and handy reference... AMTRAK RESERVATONS & N FORMATON TOLL-FREE AND LO- CAL PHONE NUMBERS. AMTRAK'S REGONAL SALES & MARKETNG OFFCE TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER. AMTRAK'S LOCAL STATON PHONE NUMBERS (ill save Ohioans many a call to "nformation"). OHO'S LEGSLATVE NFORMATON TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER PLUS OHO D.O.T. RAL DVSON'S COLUMBUS OFFCE PHONE NUMBER. Usefl information abot yor O.A.R.P. With each year OARP's CALENDARS gro in poplarity. SEND N YOUR ADVANCE ORDERS NOW. Yo'll not be disappointed. ( 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ( 1,-------- 1 OARP CALENDARS P.O. BOX 653 XENA, OH 45385 1988 CALENDARS Ship to: Please send me OARP 1988 CALENDARS. 'm enclosing payment at 1 per calendar PLUS a minimm donation of $1. to help cover the costs of mailing the calendars. [Jly] 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11 ll tiiuj tl tl!u tl tu till tl
( AMTRAK TO MANTAN CURRENT CALFORNA ZEPHYR ROUTE On Jne llth Amtrak annonced it ill contine to operate its Chicago - San Francisco CALFORNA ZEPHYR on its present rote over the Brlington Northern (BN) rote throgh llinois and sothern oa for at least another year. After considering operational and marketing data for a proposed alternate rote beteen Chicago and Omaha over the Chicago & North Western (C&NW), Amtrak determined that projected revenes and cost savings ere insfficient to jstify a change in the roting of this train at the present time. n December 1986, Amtrak operated an inspection train over the C&NW line, passing throgh Geneva, DeKalb, and Sterling, L, also Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Marshallton, Ames, Boone and Carroll, A. The inspection train, the second one operated by Amtrak over the C&NW line in five years, as rn to determine the feasibility of operating the train throgh the central portion of oa, ith an eye toard improved rnning times and increased passenger revenes. The C&NW has performed track renovation on the line over the past several years. Amtrak determined that reroting the CALFORNA ZEPHYR over the C&NW cold save Amtrak p to $5, in annal sbsidy needs, de primarily to higher passenger revenes. Hoever, this projection assmes significant market penetration in a geographical area hose established travel patterns have not inclded intercity passenger trains in more than 16 years. Amtrak also determined that, given the magnitde of a major rote change and only a marginal revene improvement, the train shold contine to operate on its traditional BN rote. Other factors inflencing the decision ere higher cre costs, and increased schedled rnning times. Amtrak stated that if the C&NW line is frther pgraded, they old reconsider the rerote, bt old need commitments from the cities along the C&NW line that they old provide all station facilities ithot capital or operating costs to Amtrak. AMTRAK ESTABLSHES DEDCATED BUS SERVCE TO REPLACE MONTREALER Starting May 14th, Amtrak established a fast, ne dedicated bs connection at Springfield, MA, offering rail passengers daytime service to and from most of the Vermont commnities served by the MONTREALER, together ith a ne direct connection ith donton Brlington. Amtrak has been forced to sspend train service for an indefinite period on the Springfield to Montreal segment of the MONTREALER rote de to deteriorated track conditions on the Boston & Maine (B&M) Railroad. The Vermont bs connects at Springfield ith trains #47 and #473, and is operated on a reserved seat basis nder existing applicable fares. The bs does not operate north of Brlington, nor does it serve St. Albans or Essex Jnction.. Traln service over the affected segment as sspended April 6th de to flood conditions beteen Springfield and White River Jnction. The service sspension as extended after April 2th hen an inspection of track confirmed that "slo orders" over portions of that line old redce Amtrak train speed, in some places to as lo as 5-1 mph, casing delays in excess of to hors. Also inflencing Amtrak's decision as B&M's position that it old not schedle track maintenance that old appreciably increase safe track speeds on the segments affected. This sitation is no in arbitration. Beteen April 6th and May 13th, Amtrak operated throgh overnlght bs service beteen Montreal and Springfield as a temporary sbstitte for the sspended MONTREALER passenger train. NARP is strongly spporting ongoing efforts to restore the MONTREALER passenger train servlce to northern Ne En~land.!W 12 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ( ( A R P M D S U M M E R M E E T N G 1 9 8 7 The OHO ASSOCATON OF RALROAD PASSENGERS ill hold its MD SUMMER MEETNG on SATURDAY, JULY 25th from 1:3am- 4:3pm at the MAD RVER & NKP RALROAD SOCETY's MUSEUM on Soth West Street in BELLEVUE, OHO. The cost for this meeting is $1. per person and this ill inclde yor lncheon at McClain's Restarant hich is ithin easy alking distance from the Msem and here e ill eat as a grop in their private dining room. Thogh e have planned a bsy and event-filled day, informality is stressed. We ill be otside qite a bit; so dress appropriately inclding comfortable alking shoes! OARP member BLL FUEHRNG, Past President of the Mad River & NKP Railroad Society is or host for this day and has promised an enjoyable day for s -- rain or shine. The MR & NKP Msem is small bt groing and has many niqe pieces of railay eqipment and artifacts on display. t is no the home of "Silver Dome", the very first Vista-Dome car ever bilt! There are other passenger cars on display; also cars hich are based in Belleve and sed in railroad excrsion service. We'll see rehabilitation ork in progress on some passenger eqipment. Or GUEST SPEAKER, GEORGE F. PAYNE is a specialist in railroad passenger eqipment. n his present post ith Maryland D.O.T. and in his past ork ith Amtrak, he has orked ith both the development of ne eqipment and the refrbishing of older eqipment for intercity passenger rail service. He ill share his insights ith s as Ohio proceeds (albeit sloly!) toards ftre passenger train service in the 3-C Corridor. George Payne is a native Ohioan and gre p in Rocky River. Later in the day, folloing a gided tor of the MR & NKP Msem, e ill also enjoy a gided tor of the Norfolk Sothern (N&W) BELLEVUE YARD. This is a very large, modern freight classification yard at a strategic jnction point for this railroad. Throgh or gided tor e ill not only observe a ide variety of modern eqipment and motive poer, bt learn something abot modern railroad operations. Yo'll not ant to miss this OARP MDSUMMER MEETNG! Please se photocopies of the registration forms if yo don't ant to ct p yor nesletter. Please remember that both OARP and the MR & NKP Msem can accomodate yo better if e kno yo're coming. No Satrday morning srprises, please! We CAN accomodate yo as late as THURSDAY EVENNG, Jly 23rd, if yo make a phoned reservation ith OARP Pres. Tom Plsifer at 513/372-9868 and pay hen yo get to Belleve on Satrday. Note that yo'll be held to yor reservation nless it is cancelled by the 22nd of Jly. We cannot make any refnds after the ZZnd. F YOU NEED A RDE OR CAN PROVDE A RDE FOR SOMEONE ELSE; please contact yor closest OARP officer or Regional Coordinator. See Page 2 of this isse. COMNG BY AM TRAK? By ADVANCE ARRANGEMENT ONLY, the MR & NKP van ill meet the estbond LAKE SHORE LMTED at Sandsky and transport yo to Belleve. Advance arrangements are stressed so e kno ho man~ are comine and can accomodate yo. 1111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111 1111111 l3 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Or OARP (,UMMER MEETNG at the MR & NKP Railroad Society's ( "Freight Ho-se" ill pt s in a historic bilding (ex-lake Shore & Michigan Sothern) on Soth West Street. The nelyrenovated meeting room there S air-conditioned for comfort! The MUSEUM is not hard to find and there is ample parking. The railroad tracks adjacent to the MUSEUM are "live" tracks and trains or sitching movements may be expected at any time so please observe common-sense safety. The same goes for the NS YARD TOUR. Do not let carelessness spoil or day. SAFETY FRST! Follo the instrctions of or host and torgides at all times. TMETABLE FOR THE DAY: SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1987 9:3am Coffee & Conversation for the Early Arrivers, at the MR & NKP "FREGHT HOUSE" Meeting Room. 1:3am OARP MEETNG FOR BUSNESS 12:nn GUEST SPEAKER: GEORGE F. PAYNE, Assistant Director, Maryland D.O.T. Rail Administration. 1:OOpm OARP LUNCHEON at McClain's [$1. per person]. 2:pm GUDED TOUR of the MAD RVER & NKP RALROAD MUSEUM. 3:pm GUDED GROUP TOUR of the NORFOLK SOUTHERN (N&W) BELLEVUE YARD. 4:3pm [approximately] Adjorn. T \D t- N Z:... 6 : -' NORTH ~.. BELLEVUE THS MAP S NOT TO SCALE! GETTNG THERE 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 14 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ~---------------------------------( -------~ Dring the eek of Jne 22nd, all OARP members ere mailed a copy of or ne "ALL ABOARD, OHO!" brochre along ith notice of or MDSUMMER MEETNG and a reqest for letters to Congress spporting fll fnding for Amtrak. Fll information regarding or MDSUMMER MEETNG is reprinted in this isse of the 6:53 along ith some added details. f yo old like a copy of or ne "ALL ABOARD, OHO!" brochre; jst ask for one --or several. A self-addressed, stamped #1 envelope ith yor reqest ill expedite it. -------------------------------------------------------~ OARP MDSUMMER MEETNG REGSTRATON OARP MDSUMMER MEETNG REGSTRATON FORM FORM Nme Address City S tate/zp Phone Nmber $1. per person. Kindly make yor check/m.o. payable to: O.A.R.P. Mail to: OARP MDSUMMER MEETNG P.. Box 653 By JULY 22nd! Xenia, OH 45385 Name Address City/State/ZP Phone Nmber $1. per person. Kindly make yor check/m.o. payable to: O.A.R.P. Mail to: OARP MDSUMMER MEETNG P.. Box 653 By JULY 22nd! Xenia, OH 45385 AGENDA TEMS for the OARP BUSNESS MEETNG on JULY 25th: 1. STRATEGES for September Hearings on S.B. #65 and H.B. #359 in the Ohio General Assembly. 2. RESOLUTON on the Toledo Central Union Terminal matter. 3. RESOLUTON to spport application for Organizational Membership in The Sierra Clb. 4. DSCUSSON on OARP Ftre Leadership Training. 5. PLANNNG for the Fall OARP Meeting in Cleveland. 6. Other matters broght before the meeting. N CASE YOU MSSED T... please note that last-minte registrations by phone for the Jly 25th OARP Meeting ill be handled ONLY THRU THURSDAY the 23rd (not on Friday the 24th)! AND... Manfred Orlo's (OARP Government Affairs Director) Dayton office ill be closed Jly 8-29. mportant matters, call Tom Plsifer at 513/439-2355 or 372-9868. Yo may also contact OARP member Malinda Wolf (ife of or Dayton Area Regional Coordinator Al Wolf) at 513/294-711. Dring a part of this time period, Manfred ill be traveling on intercbflri11 1TitlTTiti~TTfi 1TiflYiflllb iiiu~foi~. 1111111111111 1111111111111111111111:1111111111111111
BAG G A( & E X P R E S S iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii To Amtrak detors of interest to Ohioans... The first as the eastbond CAPTOL LMTED, tharted by a Conrail freight derailment in Warsa, N, and ent to Pittsbrgh by ay of Elkhart and Cleveland. t passed thr Cleveland, ithot stopping, at 7:am on Snday, November 3th. t as reported ot of Pittsbrgh at 1:3am, for hors off its original schedle, and giving it a 3~ hor rnning time from Cleveland to Pittsbrgh o ver the Alliance rote. The second inclded some very rare mileage for the CARDNAL. Dring Snday, April 26th, the CSX(C&O) derailed a coal train on its Cincinnati-Hntington mainline. The estbond CARDNAL as detored p the Colmbs-Toledo mainline as far as RA Jnction hich is a bit sotheast of Chillicothe. Then the train backed p over the 3.9 miles of the Renick Sbdivision (B&O) to West Jnction on the Cincinnati Parkersbrg mainline (or hat's left of it). The train then proceeded est throgh Chillicothe and Midland City to Cincinnati here it trned and left for Chicago at 7:am Monday morning giving passengers an eqally rare daylight trip throgh eastern ndiana! Word has been received of the death of OARP members AL CORDREY of Wadsorth, Ohio, and VCTOR CLAUSEN of Per, ndiana. We extend or sincere sympathy to the families. OARP member BLL CHANDLER's name as inadvertently left off the list (in the April isse) of those attending the Region 6 & 7 Joint NARP Meeting in Chicago in March. Sorry, Bill! Thanks to KEN PRENDERGAST and HOW- ARD HARDNG for arranging for OARP to be represented at the recent "Train Meet '87" at Qaker Sqare in Akron, Jne 2 & 21. A CARDNAL stop at Connersville, ndiana, is still being actively discssed. The Connersville Rotary Clb has taken responsibility for spearheading the drive in the commnity, along ith saving the old railroad station hich as constrcted in 1882. ndarp is orking closely ith the Rotarians on this. Colmbs area OARP members ill be interested to kno that a giant mral depicting old Union Station (torn don in 1977) has been painted on the all of the Aardvark Video Store at 612 North High Street. Of the original ornate Union Station facade, only one stone arch remains; forlornly enshrined in a small park nearby. We have appreciation of spport pon reneing OARP's The Ohio Chamber of Commerce and in The Ohio received ords of thanks and professional memberships in Environmental Concil. The Chamber provides s ith valable legislative information and direct contact ith their Transportation Committee. The OEC is assisting s legislatively ith or psh for the 3-C Corridor thanks to their established presence in the State Hose. GreyhoPd annonced on Jne 21st that it old acqire most of the assets of Trailays for $8 million. Greyhond and Trailays together control abot 8% of America's intercity bs service. Althogh dplicate rotes in Ohio old likely be eliminated, it is not clear yet hat impact the sale of Trailays ill have on Ohio. Conrail ill invest $3.7 million to pgrade part of the LAKE SHORE rote east of Bffalo, Ne York; installing 5, ties, srfacing 9 miles of roadbed and rehabilitating 45 grade crossings. The Albany-Cleveland Chicago line is one of Conrail's bsiest. 2 high speed TrailVan piggyback trains se it daily. The rehab ork ill also benefit Amtrak's LAKE SHORE LMTED and its EMPRE CORRDOR trains. BETHANY & TOM PULSFER and AL WOLF moved stored OARP "archives" from Ziebart storage on Jly 3. i ill: ii illlliillllillllllllllli 1111111111111111 16 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ( ( B A G G A G E & E X P R E S S iiiiiiiiiiimrmriiiiiiiiiiii Cincinnati OARP member ED KPP recommends that Cincinnati area members ho are bying Amtrak tickets -- if they are not prchasing their tickets from an OARP member travel agent that they by them from the Amtrak station. Ed feels that nless more people prchase tickets at the station, they may lose the day shift and that if sales drop frther, Cincinnati cold become an nmanned Amtrak station. OARP's JOHN H. KELLER as one of three featred gest speakers May 17th at Lima's Civic Center, focsing on Lima's role in the railroad indstry. Colmbs OARP member KARL J. GELFER had an informative letter abot OARP's psh for conventional 3-C Corridor service pblished in the May isse of the Free Press, an independent nespaper circlated in the Colmbs area. More and more complaints are srfacing abot the dark ble and dark gray shading sed in Amtrak's timetables. t makes them hard to read, especially for older people or persons ith poor eyesight. More Conrail pgrading. OARP has received ord that Conrail is also spending more than $2 million to pgrade portions of the Cleveland-Toledo-Chicago mainline, replacing 83, ties, srfacing 265 miles of roadbed and rehabilitating abot 2 grade crossings. This is the rote of Amtrak's LAKE SHORE LMTED. Did yo kno that Amtrak is looking at replacing the Toledo-Detroit LAKE CTES train ith a bs? They have to rn the bs anyay on days the connecting LAKE SHORE LMTED is very late into Toledo. OARP nderstands Amtrak ill make no firm decision ntil the Detroit station matter is resolved. Becase of strctral problems and projected bilding renovation at the Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Amtrak is seeking an interim station site. Least expensive soltion is for Detroit Corridor trains to terminate at sbrban Dearborn. Use of Dearborn, and a direct roting, cold shave p to 3 mintes off the Toledo-Detroit LAKE CTES rn. As of this riting, OARP has not learned of any decisions. Early ord indicated Amtrak might have to vacate the M.C. Station as early as September of this year. OARP member RUDY SCHWABE of Berea and his family rode one of the Ne York EMPRE CORRDOR trbotrains in April from Bffalo to Albany. RUDY reported the Ne York bond train as standing room only by the time it had reached Schenectady! People in Ne York have Amtrak trains to ride and they DO ride 'em! Pay as yo go? On Amtrak it costs (from Jacksonville, FL) $36. rond-trip to Orlando [16 miles] bt $6. rond-trip to Savannah [148 miles]; $75. rond-trip to West Palm Beach [352 miles] yet the same price to Charleston [25 miles].??? served by Amtrak. Warsa is an nmanned stop abot halfay beteen Fort Wayne and Valparaiso. According to Mayor Jeff Plank a massive local letter riting and phone campaign led to the establishment of the Warsa stop on the BROADWAY/CAPTOL rote. CAPTOL LMTED via Cleveland???? OARP's latest nderstanding is that Amtrak is still "considering" the rerote, bt that it old NOT occr ntil the Spring of 1988, if then. We DO nderstand that some changes in the CARDNAL's schedle are being considered for the Fall of 1987, bt Cincinnati's train times ill still be in the midnight- 6:OOam time-frame. Slight adjstments to the BROADWAY and CAPTOL schedles are also being considered for this Fall. n general, mail revenes on Amtrak are reportedly p abot 2% over last year! TTTiiT 111111111111111111111111111111 17 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the volme of ridership pshed its rank to 265th ot of some 5 cities Amtrak's Warsa, ndiana, stop as sed by 9,523 passengers in 1986 and
PLEASE PATfv,.1ZE THESE AUTHORZED AMTRAK TRAVEL AGENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE OHO ASSOCATON OF RALROAD PASSENGERS: We elcome to ne Travel Agency Members of OARP; the RANDALL PARK MALL TRAVEL AGENCY, NC. ("Amtrak Al" Mladineo) and the MAM VALLEY AUTOMOBLE CLUB (Virginia Adams)! AKRON CANAL FULTON CNCNNAT CLEVELAND COLUMBUS COLUMBUS DAYTON FARBORN FNDLAY MASSLLON NORTH RANDALL PERRYSBURG PQUA ST. MARYS SANDUSKY TROY WEST CHESTER CHMA TRAVEL BUREAU, NC. 216/867-477 MASSLLON AAA TRAVEL 216/854-6616 AMES TRAVEL SERVCE 513/651-17 'ROUND THE WORLD TRAVEL AGENCY 216/432-2235 THE OHO AUTOMOBLE CLUB 614/431-7823 THE TRAVEL MARKET, NC. 614/885-7597 THE MAM VALLEY AUTOMOBLE CLUB 513/224-2888 HERTAGE TRAVEL, NC. 513/879-5444 McDOWELL TRAVEL AGENCY, NC. 419/422-6151 MASSLLON AAA TRAVEL 216/833-184 RANDALL PARK MALL TRAVEL AGENCY, NC. 216/475-TRP HAYES TRAVEL AGENCY 419/874-2271 MAM COUNTY AUTO CLUB 513/773-3753 VP TRAVEL SERVCES, NC. 419/394-7428 SANDUSKY TRAVEL SERVCE, NC. 419/626-4633 MAM VALLEY AUTO CLUB 513/339-112 WEST CHESTER TRAVEL, NC. 513/777-677 Athorized AMTRAK travel agents ho ish to join OARP and be listed in this DRECTORY shold send a $25. check, made payable to O.A.R.P., and mail this to OARP, P.O. BOX 653, XENA, OH 45385. Please refer any inqiries on or "TRAM" (TRavel ~gency ~ember) PROGRAM to OARP Pres. Tom Plsifer. DRECTORY listings are limited to the CTY, the BUSNESS NAME of yor Agency, and the LOCAL or PR~ffiRY PHONE NUMBER. Limited to OHO Travel Agencies. A NOTE FROM JOHN KELLER... " ant to assre yo that yor concern for me is appreciated! am most gratefl for the card from the meeting and for those from individals. Will yo please mention this in the 6:53? My condition is improving -- jst need to act my age. /s/ John H. Keller We reported in the April 6:53 that noted rail historian and OARP's Lima Area Regional Coordinator John H. Keller had been hospitalized. John had sffered a slight heart attack, bt e are most pleased to report his recovery has been very good and he has been permitted to resme some activities. At or OARP Annal Meeting in Mansfield e had everyone there sign a cheery greeting card for John Keller hich as then hand delivered to him by OARP member Rss Heine of Lima. WE APOLOGZE that abot 5 copies of or April 6:53 sneaked into circlation ith several nprinted pages. These copies ere spposed to have been discarded and got into the rong pile. The sitation came to light hen e got notes from several nhappy members; bt e did make things right for those ho did contact s abot it. Things like this can happen from time to time. f it does happen to yo, ill yo kindly let OARP kno abot it so e can make things right for yo. f e don't kno abot it e can't correct it. llliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 18 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 r'.. ' -------------------------------------~ -------~ and help get Ohio moving on modern pas,enger trains! l JON OARP is NOT another "railfan clb". We are rail transportation advocates. OARP is -t:he stateide 1 voice of concerned citizens orking together to help achieve better rail passenger services. We're over 7 strong and e are moving forard together for better rail transportation for Ohio. e 1nv1.t e YOU t o ge t on board! A ne membership in OARP is jst $1 for yor first year; $15 thereafter. Name CHECK HERE [ l if yo can be active in the ongoing ork of yor OARP! Address --------------------------------- City/State/ZP Phone -------------------------------- Mail this entire page ith yor check/money order made payable to "OARP" l to: OARP MEMBERSHP SERVCES, P.O. BOX 653, XENA, OH 45385 SEfm ~~E OARP "f 1AKE A NOTE TO TRAVEL BY TRAN" PENCLS --- @ 5 $1. postpaid. NEfv TEM! OARP (logo) METAL LAPEL PNS@ $3.5 ea., postpaid. OARP MAGNETS ith Amtrak logo, train, "8" nmber im- ---printed@ 4/$1., postpaid. HANDY NEW Tn1! 2"x2". OARP (logo) WNDOW DECALS@ 5 ea., postpaid. OARP "LET'S GET OHO MOVNG ON PASSENGER TRANS" hite on l --- ble BUt~PER STCKERS@ $1. ea., postpaid. OARP 1988 CALENDARS@ 1 ea. in any qantity PLUS mm $1. donation to help cover calendar mailing.. a m1n1-1 costs. OARP OHO LEGSLATVE DRECTORY No charge for these itemsl. HOWEVER, OARP old ap- 1 OARP MEMBERSHP FLYERS SAMPLE COPES OF "the 6:53" OARP RAL TRP REPORT FORMS OARP WASHNGTON GUDE TO THE AMTRAK EAST-MDWEST TMETABLE OARP WALLET-SZE CARDS LSTNG AMTRAK NFORMATON & RESERVA TONS PHONE NUMBERS. OHO CONGRESSONAL DELEGATON & OFFCALS OF AMTRAK. ------ preciate stamps, a selfaddressed stamped envelope, or a donation to help OARP defray postage expenses. Please indicate QUANTTY anted for any item(s). YOUR DONATONS TO OARP WLL HELP US DO MORE FOR BETTER PASSENGER TRAN SERVCES FOR OHO! AMTRAK NATONWDE TMETABLE (Please send a self-addressed bsiness letter size #1 envelope ith 73 postage [22+ 17+17+17] affixed for this item to expedite handling. We are not alays able to offer these timetables in qantities at all times. OARP appreciates yor nderstanding.) Note: Amtrak (l-8-usa-ral) ill mail yo single copies free. ----- -----------------------------------------------~ 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 19 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111