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Issue #7 SEPTEMBER 1975 OFPICIAL NEWSLETTER of CARP TOM PULSIFER Editor • THE • A$0CIRION OF R41L.R01D BGENGERS Post Office Box 653 • Xenia, Ohio 45385 issue #7 SEPTEMBER 1975 OFPICIAL NEWSLETTER OF CARP TOM PULSIFER editor BOSTON- CLEVELAND- CHICAGO TRAIN STARTS OCT. 31 s t I That's GREAT NEWS for NORTHERN OHIOI $1,154,270 TO BE SPENT ON OHIO STOPS Amtrak announced August 8th that it Amtrak has approved the following will begin first revenue service of a spending for the three stations in new Boston/New York- Chicago train on Ohio that will be served by the new October 31st. train: r- On that date trains offering coach, $1,023,270 in Cleveland for sleeping car accomodations, dining site preparation, track work and and lounge service, will begin oper­ platforms for a new rail passenger ating daily in each direction. A New station to be located on E. 9th York section of the train will pro­ St. north of City Hall. vide through car service to and from $64,000 in Toledo to repair a Chicago over the new route with a passenger platform, provide light­ connection at Albany. ing and watering facilities at the relatively modern Toledo Union OARP learned that detailed schedule Station. and fare information will not be re­ $67,000 in Elyria for a sta­ leased until a time closer to the tion shelter, passenger platform, start-up date of the new servicea We and parking area improvements. have learned, however, that planned arrivals and departures from both Boston and Chicago will be in mid-af­ ternoon. The trip will take about 25 OARP MAPS WILL ASSIST PASSENGERS hours. The New York section of the train will leave Grand Central in the OARP expects to have its handy map/ early evening and arrive in the early tip folders ready for the new Amtrak afternoon a stops in northern Ohio when the ser­ The cities to be served on the Boston vice starts up on October J1sta Two to Chicago segment of the route are: separate folders are planned. One Boston, Back Bay, Framingham, Worces­ will cover both Cleveland and Elyria ter, Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany- while the second will combine the new ~Rensselaer, Utica, Syracuse, Roches­ stop at Toledo with a reprint of the ter, Buffalo, Erie, CLEVELAND, ELY­ information on Lima. RIA, TOLEDO, Elkhart, South Bend and Persons desiring copies of these new Chicagoa Cities on the Albany-New OARP "How To Find The Station" maps York segment are Hudson, Rhinecliff, should contact OARP in Octobera Poughkeepsie and Croton-Harmon. I'l NOW AVAILABLE/ official OARP BADGE (same. size as Amtrak's Tracks~ Are Back badges, metal, l laminated black on yel- i low OARP logo, pin-on style) 1/55¢ 2/$1 plus 10¢ stamp each ORDER DIRECT FROM: Joe Schwieterman Box 13 - Rolfes Road .Maria Stein, OH 45860 5099 NORMAN Blvd. (corner sprln&fleld and harshman) DAYTON, OHIO 45431 (513) 258•138 AVOID STRAIN, TAKE A TRAIN attractive red-white-blue VINYL 14ix3i" BUMPERSTICKER featuring the UA TURBOTRAIN available from OARP member TIMOTHY N. COLBERT 1008 ENGLEWOOD DRIVE PARMA, OH 44134 RAILROAD BOOKS 50¢ each1 plus a stamped, LOCOMOTIVE DRAWINGS self-addressed envelope (legal size). ALVIN F. STAUFER Interested in a quantity? Write for price quotation& Route 4, 3186 Stony Hill Road, Medina, Ohio 44256 ~ &!5J is the official publication of the OHIO ASSOCIATION'OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS, a not-for-profit organization working :to • rJ) promote travel by train and to seek the expansion and improve­ Ul ~ ment of rail passenger services in and through Ohio. Annual 0:: Ul membership dues are Regular $5, Contributing $10, Participating fi) ~ $25, Sponsor $50, Sustaining $100. We invite anyone interested in supporting our efforts to become a member. Please write to I i. OARP at Post Office Box 653, Xenia, OH 45385. Thank Yowl ~ 0 fi OARP needs your help and cooperation in keeping abreast of rail rJ) 8 rJ) developments. We depend on our readers to send in news clip­ 0:: ~ 0 pings on rail matters. Because of our ever-increasing volume A. ~ A. Ul of mail, we can't answer each lettera but all. are read and all ::::> materials are carefully filed for future referenee. We DO ap­ Ul ~ preciate hearing from our readers and members. Again, Thanks& "An impressive and ambitious NATIONAL LIMITED TO BE RE­ proposal. Should be required R 0 U TED VI A C INC INN A T I -----­ reading for every person who is interested in improving On August 7th Amtrak announced that it is ,.----- ~ail passenger services through­ considering rerouting the NATIONAL LIMIT­ out the entire U.S." -- T.R.P. ED between Dayton and Indianapolis via Cincinnati over the PC. The move is to AMTRAK 80 - A PLAN FOR GROWTH avoid the line between Richmond and Ind­ by Prof-.-Ronal~ Sheck of the ianapolis with its abundance of 10- 40mph University of New Mexico slow orders. This is a line, by the way, 68 pp., maps, tables, charts, Con-Rail does not want as a through route schedules; size 8! x 11" according to the USRA's Final System Plan Order from: RONALD C. SHECK report. OARP has learned that the re­ 1840 REGAL RIDGE route of the NATIONAL will take place, LAS CRUCES, NIVI 88001 but that it probably wonvt be announced until the last minute. We advise those $2.75 includes postage & handling interested in a "last ride" over the for­ -----------------------------------1 mer PRR main between Dayton and Indiana­ polis to plan to get it soon. The re­ LIMA STATION IS DEDICATED route could take effect sometime in Sep­ An enthusiastic crowd turned out tember, according to one of our sources. on the warm, pleasant afternoon The ending of service to Dayton was con­ of June JOth for the formal ded­ sidered by Amtrak, with the NATIONAL be­ ication of the completely refur­ ing detoured instead over the Columbus to bished rail passenger station in Union City line, but in answer to Cong. Lima, Ohio. The ribbon-cutting Charles Whalen of Dayton, Bruce Pike said ceremony was planned and conduc­ that "Amtrak is committed to continuing ted by the Lima Area Chamber of rail service to the city of Dayton". Commerce. Tom and Eloise Pulsi- ~~er attended, to officially rep­ PC track east of Dayton is now in pretty resent OARP, which received an good shape and it is possible for trains invitation to the event. to make up lost time before reaching New York or Washington. The PC Cincinnati to Among the speakers at the dedi­ Indianapolis line is in better shape than cation were Lima Mayor Harry OARP was once led to believe. Ron Garner Moyer, U.S. Congressman Tennyson and Tom Pulsifer of OARP reported pacing Guyer, and Bill Tucci who is the a PC-L&N unit coal train along a portion state and local relations offi­ of this route west of Cincinnati at sus­ cer with Amtrak. Tucci cited tained speeds of 40- 45mph, though the CARP's initial involvement in track obviously gives a rough ride. Heavy the Lima station project one weed growth this summer has made the line year ago. The three Amtrak a­ look worse than it apparently is. Amtrak gents assigned to the Li~a sta­ tion expressed both grat1tude is also planning to lengthen the schedule and pride in the excellent sup­ of the NATIONAL LIMITED by two hours, un­ port and promotion which the doubtedly to compensate for the rerouting City of Lima gives to its rail and to enable the train to arrive at its passenger services. OARP ex­ end-points on time more often. Cincin­ tends thanks and appreciation to nati will be the only station stop on the Harry Hale and Richard Kriegel new NATIONAL routing. Richmond will lose of Lima's city administration its east-west service but will continue to for their specific interest and be served by the RILEY/ MOUNTAINEER. support of the station project. In its Final System Plan, the USRA has changed the routing of its proposed Pitts­ burgh to Indianapolis "corridor" to cor­ r-'ARP HAS LEARNED THAT. • • the in­ respond with the current NATIONAL rerout­ ~ugural run of the Cleveland ing. Apparently Amtrak is not interested train will be Oct. 29th, from in subsidizing the Indianapolis-Richmond Chicago to Boston with stops at line that would be dumped by Con-Rail. Toledo, Elyria and Cleveland. l ELY R I A S TAT I 0 N G E T S A P P R 0 VAL ------ PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF IN ELYRIA Amtrak announced on July JOth that it would spend $67,000 for a passenger shelter and plat­ Can one person really form at Elyria, Ohioo Last December Elyria was make a difference? selected as a stop on Amtrak's new Boston to Chicago run which is slated to begin operation Yes; very much sol on October 31st. After almost everyone Spokesman for Amtrak, Brian Duff, said the funds else had given up the would be used to construct a 10 by 20 foot metal fight for obtaining an and plastic shelter which will be enclosed and Amtrak passenger sta­ will have light and heat and benches for waiting tion in Elyria, one passengers. The funds will also provide for a man refused to admit 500 foot station platform, a paved parking lot, defeat. signage, and security lightingo Rev. Bob Wickens, a mem­ The new Amtrak passenger station will be located ber of both OARP and at the site of the former NYC freight house, at NARP, kept pushing, Buckeye and East River Street, just off U.S. 20 insisting, urging, and close to downtown.
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