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Gilbert B Norman
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While their Web address and the corporate name are unchanged, a few days ago, NARP announced their rebranding to the Rail Passengers Association:

http://www.narprail.org

I never have been and in all likelihood never will be a member of the outfit, so I defer to others who might have some insight regarding "what's going on"?

Apparently their standing as a 501 (c)(3) is unaffected, but why do you chuck a brand name with fifty years standing escapes me.

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I guess they are making a big deal of the new RPA logo, which is suppose to "evoke the image of a train window through which passengers view the world".

Also some feel that NARP is a little similar to the acronym, AARP.

Here is a list of 146 organizations that use the RPA acronym:

https://is.gd/e0yuMC

I hope nobody confuses the RPA with the Russian Peasant Algorithm.

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It has always mystified my why an organization would want to change their name unless something has happened to make the name they currently have smell. There are a few exceptions where social changes may make the name you currently have unacceptable or distasteful.

Gets back to a friend of ours that got into a very bad situation: If you meet a man that starts using a different name than the one he was using when you first met him, don't bother to ask why. RUN.

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It's awfully close to the existing abbreviation RPCA, the Railroad Passenger Car Alliance. They're the people who assign reporting marks to rail passenger cars in private ownership
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