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ByTrain
Member # 3260
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I love trains and traveling on it. I know how important they are in this AUTO friendly America. Gone those old days where trains were THE means of travel. I would like to join a group that is active and promotes rail travel. Would be great if it is near by area San Jose, CA so that I can attend their regular meetings and events.

ByTrain
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MOKSRail
Member # 3163
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Good to hear of your interest.

Here are some links with extensive listings to different avocacy groups.
http://www.trainweb.org/moksrail/links/links.htm
http://www.on-track-on-line.com/arps-list.shtml#kansas
http://www.narprail.org/linksassn.htm
The NARP site lists a Bay Area group.

I would recommend joining NARP - the National Association of Railroad Passengers. They're the national group that every advocate should join.

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Mr. Toy
Member # 311
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To support the national system, join NARP http://www.narprail.org NARP was instrumental in creating Amtrak, and members get travel discounts that can pay for the membership.

I believe it is NARP that holds an annual (springtime) regional members meeting in Oakland near the Jack London Square station.

Another good national organization is the National Corridors Initiative http://www.nationalcorridors.org

California has two regional organizations, which are somewhat in competition with each other, evidently due to some differences in philosophy. One is TRAC (Train Riders Association of California) http://www.calrailnews.com/ The other is RailPAC (Rail Passenger Association of California) http://www.railpac.org/ I am a member of the latter, but I get a little annoyed with it sometimes.

[This message has been edited by Mr. Toy (edited 07-27-2004).]
 

MPALMER
Member # 125
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Toy:

California has two regional organizations <snip> One is TRAC (Train Riders Association of California) http://www.calrailnews.com/ The other is RailPAC (Rail Passenger Association of California) http://www.railpac.org/ I am a member of the latter, but I get a little annoyed with it sometimes.


I belong to both. TRAC seems to cover the Bay Area more often, but I like RailPAC's newsletter more. But then I'm biased; they published one of my pictures a while back.

Both organizations are strong advocates of rail though, so check 'em out and join one or both!

MP
 

CG96
Member # 1408
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Here are some groups that you might consider joining, depending on your location:
Midwest High Speed Rail Association.
National Association of Rail Passengers
Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada
Train Rider's Association of California
 



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