The Internet is full of forums and e-mail discussion groups to
assist rail passenger advocates. The following is a listing of
some of the more prominent national discussion groups. Join a
group, where you can post questions, answer questions about rail
travel and even learn more about how to support passenger rail.
These groups provide news, updates and ideas on improving
passenger rail service. To post messages, membership is required
for most groups. Some groups, such as Passenger_Rail_News
and MOKSRail,
are public; messages and files on those discussion groups can be
read by anyone.
The more regional, smaller and train-specific groups provide less
discussion with less messages that fill your e-mail box. These
groups can be set to receive messages in a daily digest or
no-email (Web-only) mode.
National passenger Web forums/ discussions:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/All_Aboard/
This is the granddaddy of them all, with more than 600 participants. Join
in on the discussion and debate.
Railroad.net's Amtrak discussion/
This forum also provides good information. However, many
long-winded arguments and flame wars used to occur. Some in that group often
discount and criticize long-distance passenger service - the backbone of U.S.
intercity rail service . Many former long-time posters
and passenger rail advocates no longer post there.
Railforum.com's Amtrak discussion
News updates on passenger rail:
FriendsOfAmtrak/
More than 2,000 people subscribe to this announcement-only news
group. Volunteer Craig O'Connell provides subscribers periodic
updates on Amtrak legislation and news designed to
mobilize passenger rail advocates to support continued funding
for Amtrak.
Passenger_Rail_News/
Pro-passenger rail news, information and newspaper articles
Discussion/ announcements of other rail passenger advocacy groups
.
http://www.railnews.net/
Good source of daily updates & news articles on Amtrak &
passenger trains.
http://www.AmtrakCrisis.com
Updates & news articles on the June/July 2002 Amtrak funding
crisis, from www.trainweb.com
.
Regional passenger
rail discussion groups:
Missouri-Kansas:
MOKSRail/
Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma & Texas: CentralPassengerRail/
/AmtrakofMassachusetts
Amtrak_Michigan/
Montana:
montanaamtrak
Nebraska: ProRailNebraska/
Pacific
Northwest: pnwpassrail
Mountain West Rail -
Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana passenger rail issues
Southwest Rail: Arizona,
New Mexico rail advocacy
Tennessee
Assn. Rail Passengers:/TARP/
Texas:
TexasRail/
Texas Rail &
Transit/
Midwest High Speed Rail
announcement group
Train-specific discussion
groups:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Southwest_Chief
Empire Builder
California Zephyr
Sunset
Limited: SunsetFriends
City
of New Orleans group
Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner
Coast Starlight
discussion group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Heartland_Flyer/
Washington
DC- Atlanta - Dallas: Crescent Star News
Amtrak and passenger rail discussion groups:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amtrak/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PassengerTrains/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmtrakJourneys/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmtrakAndTransit/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mikesamtrakclub/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dansamtrakbulliten
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amtrak_Sightings
ProRail Travel: Train
Travel suggestions
The Train Traveler
State Rail Passenger
Association discussion- for rail association officers
Train Rides - discussion of
excursion trains
