MSU State News story on the International

[Save Our Trains Michigan]

Here is a good story about the International train also menitions my group.

International train story

 

[AMTRAK-P42]

Once again, thanks for the info BNSF

 

[Save Our Trains Michigan]

Save Our Trains Michigan has been getting contacted by other Newspapers and TV Stations today were gaining support once again from the media what will happen is the Blue Water will run for 6 months but in Oct 2004 we might be able to get the International back so don't give up i think we can pull this off just like we pulled off the Funding issue with the trains.My helper that was in the paper has been in contact with Rep Hager office and they have told her if it was not for our group Michigan would have 2 less trains running and they said The State of Michigan knows who Save Our Trains Michigan is and said we have a good reputation and respect.

 

[Save Our Trains Michigan]

Amtrak considers changes to train routes
By MARK HICKS

The State News

The connection's loss would negatively affect the MSU community, East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.

"This is a very big transportation hub for us," he said. "This is a very unusual decision that is not well thought out."  

Rick Novasky, an Amtrak locomotive engineer and chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Detroit chapter, said "quite a few" Canadian MSU students use the trains to head home.

"We are making a big mistake by losing the connection," he said.

Celeste Shoulders, a 30-year Amtrak rider and member of Save Our Trains a local organization promoting train service, said such changes are "inconvenient to East Lansing as a whole." Save Our Trains has presented ridership reports to MDOT and also is circulating an online petition decrying the international line's switch, Shoulders said.

"Ridership will be worse than what it is now," she said, adding that officials might discontinue the line if students shun the route. "If they don't get involved, they'll look up and find the trains gone."