Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Month: December 2023

  • Report from the Chair, Nov./Dec. 2023

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    October started with a morning in Hoboken, enjoying the good weather and historic trains, in celebration of NJ Transit Rail’s 40th anniversary year. We arrived as NJ Transit staff was setting out information tables and tote bags, and enjoyed photographing the equipment, reading the URHS information boards, and boarding 2 of the historic cars. The…

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  • NJ Transit Honors Its Original Rail Employees

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTRO) was founded as 1982 ended and 1983 began: the deadline that Congress had imposed for Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to give up the local passenger trains that it had been running along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) that Amtrak had owned since 1976. NJ Transit’s rail component was founded at…

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  • NJT Rail Celebrates 40th Anniversary With a Special Train Ride and a One-Day Exhibit in Hoboken

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    David Peter Alan

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    Although NJ Transit Rail was founded at the beginning of 1983 and started operating at that time, the “official” celebration of its 40th anniversary was held in September and at the beginning of October, as reported elsewhere in this issue of the Railgram. Twenty-eight of the railroad’s original employees were honored at the agency’s Board…

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  • Officer Elections at December Meeting

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    Webweaver

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    Each December, the Lackawanna Coalition elects officers for the upcoming year; this year, we look to have a full slate and, as always, will take nominations from the floor.Current officers are willing to retain their positions: Running to fill vacancies are the following: All members who have joined before 1 July 2023 are eligible to…

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