Dear Ron,

As Rail Passengers President & CEO Jim Mathews wrote last Friday:

“It’s been 16 years since Amtrak’s Gulf Coast passenger train was knocked offline by Hurricane Katrina. Since then, we’ve seen 16 years of advocates fighting to restore this critical national corridor, 16 years of studies, 16 years of negotiations. All to restore one train per day.”

In the same blog, Jim shares the news that CSX CEO Jim Foote sent a message to the railroad’s customers asking them to sign-on to legal action the railroad is taking against Amtrak to make sure that the “new service is not irresponsibly forced through.”

Service between New Orleans & Mobile is being “irresponsibly forced through”

After 16 years.

While we prepare to testify before the Surface Transportation Board, we are asking our members & supporters to voice their support for the restoration of passenger rail in the Gulf Coast by signing the petition linked below.  Let’s send a message to CSX that they can no longer deny their legal obligations. 

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

Joe Aiello
National Field Coordinator
Rail Passengers Association
jaiello@narprail.org