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New York Voters Approve $250 Million Rail Volume 1, No. 15 November 15, 1974 Brinegar Chooses Washington, DC-Denver For 2-Year Experimental Rail Service------. Washington, D.C.-Denver has been Emporia, Newton, La Junta, Pueblo and ing services. At Indianapolis, the Wash­ selected for a two-year experimental rail Colorado Springs. ington train will join Amtrak's "Na­ passenger service by Secretary of Trans­ Building on existing Amtrak service, tional Limited" from New York to portation Claude S. Brinegar. The new the new route will reopen Kansas City Ka nsas City. It also' will provide Chicago train will extend existing Washington­ as a mid-America gateway to the West connections with the "James Whitcomb Cumberland service to Denver. for rail passenger service through the Riley" , Washington, D.C.-Chicago Brinegar announced October 28 that Great Plai ns. service. It also can be scheduled through the new service will operate by way of Secretary Brinegar pointed out that Newton, Kansas so as to provide con- Cumberland, Parkersburg, Cincinnati, the new route offers several opportuni­ Indianapolis, Kansas City, Topeka, ties for combining and connecting exist- (Continued on page 2, col. 1) ----:f~ I~ i---- ---:-i~'$·.---- ---8 HII'I j -- • i ---------------- keepsie, RhineCliff, Hudson, Rome , New York Voters Approve Saratoga Springs; Fort Edward, Fort Ticonderoga, Plattsburg, and Rouses Point. More extensive work is contem­ $250 Million plated at Niagara Falls, Schenectady, Utica, Rochester, Buffalo, Mechanic­ ville , Whitehall, Westport and Bingham­ Rail Bond Issue ton. New York's total rail improvement New York State voters approved a York City-Buffalo, Syracuse-Buffalo program (intercity passenger, commuter $250 million rail transportation bond and New York City-Albany; extension and freight) will be funded by $30 issue November 5. The Rail Preservation of current New York City-Buffalo serv­ million previously appropriated by the Bond Act of 1974 is part of a total ice to Niagara Falls-Toronto and New New York State legislature, the $250 $811 million investment in improved York City-Binghamton. million bond act approved November 5 intercity passenger, commuter and Track and right-of-way improvement and some $531 million from federal, freight rail services planned by the state. also are under consideration for the state and other funds. The $250 million approved includes New York City-Buffalo corridor, New New York State voters rejected trans­ capital funds for addition of new high­ York City-Montreal and between Buf­ portation bond issues of $2.5 billion in speed equipment to the New York falo and Niagara Falls. 1971 and $3.5 billion in 1973. Michigan City-Albany-Buffalo "Empire Service" Approval of the bond issue also State rejected a combined airline/ corridor. New York State also plans makes possible station rehabilitation highway/rail transportation bond issue additional Empire Service between New and parking improvements at Pough- on November 5. New Route ___ Existing Route .•.• \~t N.Y.C. / Newark Denver Colorado Kansas • Springs C~ty Pueblo. La Dale Hutchinson.···· ••~~nta ....... City . ....•• .. : ATis;:· .. .. Ne~ton ROUTE-(Continued from page 1) The Amtrak Improvement Act of insufficient patronage." On June 27, necting service on Amtrak's "Lone 1973 directed the Secretary of Trans­ 1974, Brinegar designated Boston­ Star" between Houston and Denver. portation to select at least one experi­ Chicago (via Buffalo and Cleveland) and At a later date, Amtrak will an­ mental route each year. After a two­ Norfolk/Newport News-Cincinnati (via nounce schedules, intermediate service year experimental period, the Secretary Bluefield, West Virginia) as the experi­ points and the inaugural date for the must, according to the Act, "terminate mental routes for fiscal year 1974. new Washington-Denver route. the route if he finds that it has attracted Army-Navy Game---, Round-trip fares for the football Francisco Zephyr was the most nearly specials are : $16 from New York and perfecl train tflP I've ever had. I was Special Trains Newark; $15 from Metropark , N.J.; $20 nearly bowled over by the sight of the I from Washington, D.C . and Capitol Belt­ .. red-coated dining car crew standing Amtrak will run five special trains way Station; $15 from Baltimore, and at attention. The steward ... knew his direct to JFK Stadium Philadelphia on $10 from Wil mington, Del. Children business. His crew was composed of Saturday, Nov. 30, for the Army-Navy under 12 pay half-fare. mixed sexes and colors and they were game. More than 4 ,000 football fans are great." Three of the trains will operate south expected to make use of the special Helen Sierra and Howard Finberg in from New York, leaving at 9:05, 9:15 trains. the San Francisco (Calif.) Examiner : and 9 :20 on Saturday morning with "Traveling by train, very 'in' this energy stops at New Jersey points. conscious year, has two advantages: Two others will depart from Wash­ What They're Saying trains cover a lot of ground without the ington at 8 : 15 and 8:25 with stops at discomfort of a wearying auto trip and Bal timore and other intermediate ~bout Amtrak ] they present a view of America that points. highways and planes only suggest." All the specials will arrive at the Marjorie Holmes in the Washington Pennsylvania's Governor Milton stadium in time for the kickoff cere­ (D.C.) Star-News: "The Metroliner cuts Shapp, as reported in the Journal of monials. Return will be direct from the its wedge bet~ee·n the trees . .. flanked Commerce: "The U.S. is either going to stadium after the game. Food and bev­ on either side. by the green banks and rise to prosperity or sink to deep de­ erage service will be available on all brilliant burst of trees ... ablaze with pression in the next decade depending trains. fall ... You have a sense of escape and upon whether we have efficient rail­ ~esides the specials, Amtrak operates joy and comfort. Yet a feeling of roads or allow the railroads to decay." 28 regular Saturday trains between New permanence and security. Maybe be­ From the Miami (Fla.) Herald: " ... York and Philadelphia, 19 from and to cause underneath all this are the same time and the continuing energy and Washington. Passengers may use special old-fashioned rails rumbling and singing economic crisis are on the side of the tickets one-way, if they wish, returning away ... " Florida citizens groups working with from Philadelphia on other regular Am­ George Ryko in Rail Travel News­ Senator Lawton Chiles for improved trak trains as late as Dec. 30, 1974. letter: "The trip into Ogden on the San railroad service." 2 ....--___Amtrak Appoints ___~ I I Appointment of Roger W. Brown as All of these assignments were made Forrest L. Griffith as Director Director- Service, replacing Don Ensz, effective on the date Mr. Lewis issued - Compensation and Organization who will be Special Assistant to Vice these instructions, as of October 31 , Development President- Operations was announced 1974. Griffith joins Amtrak after a long and recently by Roger Lewis, President of Stephen P. Adik as Manager of Indus­ distinguished career with Hewitt­ the National Railroad Passenger Corp. trial Engineering Robins, Inc., a division of Litton Indus­ Mr. Brown has served previously in Prior to joining Amtrak, Adik was tries. His most recent position , which he the key Amtrak positions of Director­ Manager of the Mechanical Department held since 1970, was as Vice President Labor Relations and Director-Personnel. on the Chicago Great Western Division of Marketing. In his new position, he will report of the Chicago and North Western Rail­ Paul Harris as Director- Station Services directly to the President and will be road in Oelwein, Iowa. Responsible for station service and facil­ responsible for the activities of the vast Melvin H. Baker as Director- Budgets ities for the entire Amtrak system. Service organization of this company. and Financial Plans Harris previously served Amtrak as At a time when emphasis is being placed Baker is responsible for all financial Eastern Regional Manager of Services in on the strengthening of all service com­ planning, preparation of budgets and New York. He has an extensive railroad ponents of the company, Roger Brown progress reporting for capital and oper­ background, starting in 1935 as' an brings to this position a wealth of ating expenditures. He comes from the office boy wi th the Seaboard Air Line experience not only with Amtrak, Defense Dept. where he was Deputy R.R. (now Seaboard Coast Line), and which he joined during the summer of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Man­ moving up to General Passenger Agent 1971 , but with other major corpora­ agement systems. Previously , he was in New York, a position he held until tions. He was Corporate Director of Comptroller of the Defense Supply his first Amtrak appointment. In be­ Human Relations for the STP Corpora­ Agency. He also held positions with the tween was a series of passenger posi­ tion and had served as Vice President of Air Force Auditor General and the tions, includin"g City Passenger and Employee and Industrial Relations for Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Ticket Agent in Ft. Lauderdale, District General Dynamics/Resources Group. Air Force. Passenger Agent at Tampa, Division Earlier he has been with North Ameri­ Edward Buyes as Director- On-Board Passenger Agent in Norfolk, and Assist­ can Aviation and General Mo tors. Services ant General Passenger Agent in St. As Director of Sales, he had installed Responsible for the operations and plan­ Petersburg. many changes and innovations in that ning for on-board services. Buyes came Myron H. Humphrey as Manager of activity. During his term as Director, the to Amtrak from Air La Carte (Division Agency & Interline Sales Reservations system was placed under of ARA Services), a company which Responsible for sales programs involving Sales as was the Government Marketing specializes in airline and terminal cater­ travel agents, other transportation com­ section.
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