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In the Parade Magazine ,tomorrow's edition, the lead article is Can We Save our Trains? (we get some sections of the Sunday Washington Post on Sat.)For those of you who don't get this magazine in your paper go to Parade.com There you will find the article plus a poll. 98% of the respondants voted for more fund for trains.
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Thanks for the reminder to pick up a copy of the Times-Useless.
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FYI: Times Useless, in Amtrak207's post, refers to a paper some people call the Albany Times Union, which carries Parade.

That is the upper Hudson Valley. Lower down in the valley is the Poughkeepsie Urinal (some call that one the Poughkeepsie Journal).

Train Lady: Thanks for letting me know about the Parade article!

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News paper names in parady can be fun. When I was in college in Williamsburg we always referred to the Richmond Times Dispatch as the Richmond Times Disgrace. At any rate I found the Parade article interesting though I wish they had mentioned the freight train problem
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This article on trains is at:

A Better Way to Travel

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Thanks for pointing that one out. Its nice to see our point of view represented in the media for a change. Our paper dropped Parade several months ago in favor of the USA Today knockoff, which is quite inferior.
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The Chicago Sun-Times often was called the "Fun-Times" for its emphasis on sports and celebrity. Its competitor is often called the "Tribulation."
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The Reader's Comments prove interesting; when I reviewed such, 36 were posted. One such was neutral, one was distinctly negative, but THIRTY FOUR were POSITIVE.
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It was a good article---thanks to the original poster for the heads up on it. [Smile]

This 'Parade' article is the third story I've read this year that covered passenger rail in a mostly positive light. (The other two were both in 'The Wall Street Journal' on August 23.) It's good to see passenger rail getting favorable press now.

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Now all we need is an appropriation that follows what people want.
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