Another Mainland Trip Coming Up
There may be some interruption in my daily posts starting this weekend. I’m off to Chicago on Sunday for a visit to the CSX facility there and for a look at the new GenSet locomotive, which is touted to be low emission and (therefore) environmentally friendly.
I’ll also be attending at least a few of the sessions of a Climate Leaders conference, which is a joint government-industry project, the goal being the development of climate change strategies. Sounds interesting and I’ll include info about all that in coming days.
From Chicago, I’ll be heading to the West Coast (via Amtrak, of course), ending up in Portland, Oregon, for a semi-annual meeting of the board of directors of NARP, the National Association of Railroad Passengers. There will be reports here about that, too. Should be very interesting, because our visit will include a tour of Portland’s extensive transit system.
Happy to report on both. I have my trusty note pad and the digital camera has fresh batteries. I’m especially interested to see the Portland system and we will be getting a day-long orientation there.
See you in Portland, Jim!
Incidentally, I’ll be connecting in Chicago from train 29 to train 3 on 10/9. Any chance we’ll cross paths?
Jim, this sounds like a great itinerary. Look forward to hearing about it, especially would like to hear in some detail about:
– Portland’s local transit
– the new locomotive’s capabilities