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[quote user="CJtrainguy"] Seeing this thread, I visited TEMPO's website, which is at best described as a hodgepodge of text and a few links. No info on who is behind TEMPO. No way to contact TEMPO, should one want to get involved, even though in the text they appear to ask people to get involved. List of meetings they've had. No way to find out when the next one is coming up or where.  I am personally very thankful we have the Texas Eagle running here and hope it continues to do so. However, if there is a real effort to build grassroots support for it, TEMPO sure doesn't seem to be it. [/quote] According to the TXARP (Texas Association of Railroad Passengers) webpage, Bill Pollard is the Chairman of TEMPO.  He is an adviser to TXARP.  If I remember correctly Pollard is or was a Little Rock dentist. You may be able to contact him through Henry Wulff, who is the President of TXARP. His details are listed on the TXARP webpage, which is <a href="http://www.txarp.org/">http://www.txarp.org</a>.   The rail enthusiast and frequent rider in me is thankful for the Texas Eagle, as well as the Heartland Flyer and Sunset Limited.  The accountant and financial analyst in me is appalled at the losses run-up by these trains. The futurist in me would scrap the Eagle and the Limited. I would use the equipment (coaches and lounge cars) to establish improved service from Oklahoma City and Little Rock to Fort Worth and San Antonio.   Passenger rail in Texas will never be a serious transport option until we have multiple offerings per day, on a relatively quick schedule, running during the hours when people want to go some place.  Running the Texas Eagle, as it is, does not address the issue of better alternatives for people traveling along the I-35 and I-30 corridors.
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