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For those of you who are fans of the private car community. You may find it interesting to find out that recently a proposal was sent to the AAPRCO board of directors to make a donation from their large cash reserve to assist the Amtrak employee's in the Gulf Coast Region. Keep in mind that these are the people AAPRCO rely on when their cars are operating on Amtrak. In a posting on the AAPRCO members discussion board the president of AAPRCO announced that the Board of Directors feel they do not want to dwindle their cash reserve on such an expenditure. I'm a car owner and a member of AAPRCO and I can tell you that I'm totally disgusted in AAPRCO's selfishness in helping fellow Americans and fellow railroaders. For those of you who may know any of the AAPRCO Board of Directors feel free to contact them and express your feelings with your decision. Please keep in mind that most car owners are not the selfish & heartless individuals like those who represent us in the AAPRCO organization
TwinStarRocket Member # 2142
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With apologies to trainorders.com for copying one of their posts, this message also appeared there with the following reply:
"All is not lost. You can donate directly to Mr. Gunn, a plan set up by one very unselfish car owner, who started off with his own personal $10,00.00 check.
"Please send your donation to:
"Mr. David Gunn, President National Railroad Passenger Corporation 60 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002
"Be sure to send a letter with it as you may get a reply right from Gunn. This fund will go directly to employees who suffered through or from the storm.
"I understand that he is also working on a plan for Amtrak employees to contribute to this fund through a payroll deduction program."
I am sure Mr. Gunn's donation had the decimal or comma somewhere else.
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