You’re invited to join TRAINS magazine Passenger correspondent Bob Johnston, TRAINS magazine senior editor Matt Van Hattem, and transportation officials from the state of North Carolina for a panel discussion on the future of the passenger train and the state of passenger rail in North Carolina.
The event will be held Saturday March 3, 2012, at the auditorium in the Greensboro Historical Museum (http://www.greensborohistory.org/), 130 Summit Ave. in Greensboro, seven blocks north of the Greensboro train station.
A panel discussion will take place at the museum from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The discussion, titled “North Carolina Passenger Rail: Past, Present and Future” is being held to help raise awareness of North Carolina’s successful involvement in rail transportation through its sponsorship of Amtrak’s Piedmont service. It will also look at the efforts of other states across the U.S. and assess what the future holds for the American passenger train.
The forum will then continue on board Amtrak’s Piedmont trains, as panelists meet participants and field questions during a round trip from Greensboro to Charlotte on trains 75 (leaving Greensboro at 1:18 p.m.) and 76 (leaving Charlotte at 5:15 p.m.). Attendees will be traveling in a reserved car on the train, and will have an opportunity to sign in for the train ride prior to the morning panel discussion.
Also participating in the forum will be Paul Morris, North Carolina’s deputy secretary for transit, and William Deal, executive director, tourism-recreation investment for the Davidson County Foundation. The discussion will be moderated by reporter Jim Schlosser, formerly of the Greensboro News & Record.
The event is open to the public, and is sponsored by the Greensboro Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, the Greensboro Historical Museum, TRAINS magazine, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
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