The Business Case for Passenger Rail Symposium – April 6, 2012 (Video)

Welcome by Councilman Scott Wagner  click here

Pat & Kris Larkin  click here

Chris Larson, President & CEO Larson Binkley, Inc.  click here

Joe Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration click here

Derrick James, Amtrak  click here

Dennis Slimmer, KDOT  click here

Ross Capon, President & CEO, Natl Association of Railroad Passengers click here

Pete Meitzner, Councilman, Wichita, Kansas  click here

Homer Nicholson, Mayor, Ponca City, Oklahoma  click here

Rick Harnish, Executive Dir Midwest High Speed Rail Association click here

Stu Nicholson, Engage Public Affairs click here

Due to technical difficulties, the rest of the speakers were not recorded.

Our President, Deborah Fischer Stout presents the cause for passenger train expansion.

Deborah spoke at a meeting in September, 2011 in Emporia, Kansas about getting the Amtrak stop restored.  The video.

Amtrak 40th Anniversary Video (1971-2011)

WFAA in Dallas says that “Texas on track for passenger rail expansion”

KDOT Passenger Train Video as seen at the KDOT meeting in Arkansas City, Kansas. In this video, KDOT is assuming that Kansas will likely pay for the entire corridor. The Northern Flyer Alliance corridor communities does not agree with this assumption, primarily because the FRA has implicitly stated that with very few excetions, only regional efforts will be considered for grant requests.

NFA President Deborah Fischer Stout comments on newly released Amtrak Feasibility study

Kansas Passenger Rail Bill Signing (SB 409)

If It’s a Matter of Money, Texas Transportation Institute Study Speaks For Itself