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Fourth Quarter 2018

Washington Rail News, Fourth Quarter 2018

Fourth Quarter 2018

  • News
    • Posts
      • Thank you and the train rolls on
      • Ask Your Legislators to Vote for a Rail Advisory Committee Today! | HB 2092
      • All Aboard Washington's 2026 Legislative Priorities - Updated
      • 01/10/2026 AAWA Membership Meeting Reminder
      • AAWA Year-End Report
      • AAWA December and January Meetings
      • AAWA Presentation to Nondrivers Alliance
      • Happy Thanksgiving!
      • AAWA News, November 2025
      • All Aboard Washington's 2026 Legislative Priorities
      • Rail Advocates Mobilize for Pacific Northwest Rail Summit, Oct. 15–16 in Portland
      • FALL 2025 AAWA FUNDRAISING APPEAL
      • Week Without Driving
      • BSPRA DEA Presentation
      • Reminders: Matching Fundraiser and Call for Video
      • AAWA News, June 2025
      • Toot your town's horn!
      • AAWA board retreat
      • Amtrak Cascades resumes all trips this weekend
      • AAWA News, March 19, 2025
      • CALL TO ACTION - HB 1837
      • AAWA News, March 2025
      • AAWA News, February 2025
      • AAWA Testifies Before the Washington State Transportation Commission
      • AAWA Testifies in Favor of HB 1921
      • Washington State Rail Advocates Expand Board Representation
      • AAWA Testifies Before the Oregon Legislature in Favor of Improved Rail
      • AAWA News, January 2025
      • Final Call to Match Your Donations to AAWA!
      • AAWA Success in 2024, Donate Now for 2025
      • Year-End General Meeting
      • Successful AORTA-AAWA meeting at Portland Union Station
      • AAWA News, October 2024
      • Psst! Want a sneak peek into the future of rail?
      • AAWA News, July-August 2024
      • Remembering Lloyd Flem - Updated July 7
      • AAWA News, June-July 2024
      • Reporting from FRA and BSPRA Meetings in Missoula
      • Meet us in Missoula!
      • AAWA News, May 2024
      • Join Us for AAWA's General Meeting and Silent Auction, May 18, 2024
      • Organizations Detail Rail Infrastructure Needs
      • AAWA Supports Expanding Amtrak Cascades Services, Calls for Expansion Statewide
      • Renowned Railroad Artist J. Craig Thorpe Speaks in Seattle April 13
      • AAWA News, March 2024
      • Thank you for your support!
      • AAWA's Comments to the FRA Long-Distance Study
      • Final reminder: Donate now to triple the benefit to All Aboard Washington!
      • Washington State Legislators Support Passenger Rail Service Through Yakima Valley
      • A Medical Provider Survey on the Impact of Restoring Passenger Rail Service
      • AAWA News, December 2023
      • Last Chance to Join Us at the Passenger Rail Winter Gathering
      • Boooaaard!
      • AAWA News, November 2023
      • All Aboard Washington Calls on Public Agencies to Implement Delayed Amtrak Cascades Service Increases
      • Winter Passenger Rail Gathering, Centralia, WA, December 9, 2023
      • AAWA General Meeting, October 2023
      • AAWA News, October 2023
      • Great AAWA-AORTA-AANW Picnic
      • AAWA News, August 2023: Pass, Peregrination, and Picnic
      • Join Us Next Week to Discuss Restoring Passenger Rail Service in the Greater Northwest
      • AAWA News, June 2023
      • Support AAWA This Spring
      • AAWA Response to WSDOT Blog: Seriously Evaluate Benefits to Society of East-West Service
      • Meeting Reminder, May 2023
      • AAWA News, April 2023
      • A Regional Coalition of Transportation, Environmental, Health Care, Labor and Community Organizations Releases Updated Policy Recommendations Supporting Rail
      • AAWA Submits Proviso for Benefit-Cost Analysis of East-West Passenger Rail Service
      • New Amtrak Cascades schedule effective March 6, 2023
      • AAWA News, February 2023
      • AAWA Participates in North Sound Transportation Alliance Meeting
      • AAWA Testifies to WA Legislature's House Transportation Committee
      • December 2022 AAWA-AORTA Meeting
      • Reminder: All Aboard Washington-AORTA Annual Meeting Next Saturday
      • Senator Jeff Wilson Speaks with AAWA
      • All Aboard Washington’s 2023 Legislative Priorities
      • Join Us For All Aboard August (and beyond)
      • Why letters to Governor Inslee urging an "expression of interest" to FRA for restoration of passenger rail service are important
      • Senator Liias: Let's Change Passenger Rail from a Vision to Reality
      • Be a Stop on the 2022 Train Trek!
      • Successful In-Person AAWA Meeting in Centralia
      • Upcoming AAWA Events, Support our Work
      • A Short Update on AAWA's Activities
      • It’s Time to Expand the Amtrak Cascades Statewide
      • AAWA Discusses Rail Funding on KING5 TV
      • AAWA Responds to Proposed State Transportation Budget
      • AAWA Presents to Spokane Rotary 21
      • Transportation, Environmental, Health Care and Community Coalition Releases Policy Recommendations Supporting Rail
      • AAWA's 2022 Legislative Priorities
      • Advocates Discuss Strengthening Our Communities with Passenger Rail, Part 2
      • Advocates Discuss Strengthening Our Communities with Passenger Rail, Part 1
      • The Gift of Rail
      • Join us for our annual meeting December 11
      • AAWA News, November 8, 2021
      • Maintain the Momentum!
      • Kudos to AAWA and Speakers from PNWER
      • 2021 East-West Train Trek Report
      • Advocates Meet to Discuss Improving Passenger Rail Service for the Tri-Cities and the Yakima Valley
      • Advocates Travel Statewide to Share Vision for Improving Passenger Rail Service
      • Improving Passenger Rail Service to the Spokane Area
      • Improving Passenger Rail Service for Leavenworth and Wenatchee
      • Advocates Meet to Discuss Returning Passenger Rail Service to Ritzville
      • Advocates Meet to Discuss Returning Passenger Rail Service to Walla Walla
      • Advocates Meet to Discuss Improving Passenger Rail Service
      • Advocates Meet to Discuss Returning Passenger Rail Service to the Yakima Valley
      • AAWA Submits Comments to USDOT on Transportation Equity
      • AAWA Presents to the Washington State Transportation Commission
      • Latest Newsletter Now Available
      • A Busy Summer for AAWA
      • AAWA's Carnahan Reports on WA's Rail Revolution
      • Help Us Spread the Word that Daily Service is Back!
      • 2021: Good News, Bad News, and How You Can Help
      • AAWA Presents to Legislature's House Transportaton Committee
      • AAWA Presentation at Rail Caucus Meeting
      • Ridership on Amtrak Cascades Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
      • AAWA's 2021 Legislative Program
      • Save our Salmon: Ride the Train
      • Looking Down the Tracks: the State of Washington's Trains in 2021
      • East-West Cascades Passenger Service: Considerations beyond the STEER Study
      • How Passenger Rail Can Hasten Economic Recovery and Environmental Goals
      • Advocates Call for Amtrak Expansion
      • Passenger Rail Advocates Call for Prompt Restoration of Amtrak Cascades Service
      • AAWA Welcomes Four New Board Directors
      • It's All About Return on Investment
      • AAWA Participates in Statewide Transportation Needs Assessment
      • "Go By Train Safely" Masks Available for Donations to AAWA
      • East-West Passenger Rail System Will be a Boon for All Washingtonians
      • WSDOT Provides Update on Cascades Service
      • The Turning Point for Northwest Passenger Rail
      • Feasibility Study on East-West Service Released This Week; AAWA Discusses Results Saturday
      • All Aboard Washington Responds to East-West Passenger Rail Study
      • AAWA Continues its Mission Through Trying Times
      • We Need More Train Service, Not Less
      • WSDOT proposes delaying additional Cascades service as part of budget cuts
      • Moscoso Named to Statewide Transportation Priorities and Needs Study Advisory Panel
      • AAWA Event Status for 2020
      • POSTPONED: AAWA Central Washington Passenger Rail Summit
      • Restore passenger rail service to Central Washington
      • Update on East-West Passenger Rail Study
      • AAWA Brings Passenger Rail Advocates to Olympia
      • Northwest Rail News, First Quarter 2020
      • AAWA Comments on Draft 2019 Washington State Rail System Plan
      • AAWA Leads Rail Caucus Meeting in Olympia
      • Trains Magazine reports on AAWA's efforts to re-start service on the Point Defiance Bypass
      • All Aboard Washington Testifies For Rail Safety Legislation
      • Year-End News from AAWA
      • Mid-December Updates From Olympia
      • Cascades Service Improvements
      • AAWA Honors Lloyd Flem, Jim Hamre, & Zack Willhoite
      • Restoring Cascades Service Levels
      • Re-Evaluating Our Priorities
      • Presentations at Eastern Oregon Rail Summit
      • North Whatcom Discusses Cascades Train Station
      • Media covers AAWA Blaine meeting
      • High-speed rail study published
      • All Aboard Washington meets July 13 in Blaine
      • NTSB Final Report on Amtrak 501 Published
      • Governor signs transportation budget with funding for study of east-west rail service
      • All Aboard Washington response to WSDOT's decision to replace Talgo Series VI trainsets
      • All Aboard Washington statements regarding NTSB board meeting to determine the probable cause of the Dec. 18, 2017, Amtrak accident near DuPont, Washington
      • Register for the RPA NW meeting
      • Cross-state rail service study funding approved
      • Please support cross-state rail service proviso in ESHB 1160
      • It’s Time for Cross-State Passenger Trains for Washington
      • Small But Mighty: Improving Seattle-Vancouver Cascades Service
      • AAWA's New Logo
      • Winter AAWA Newsletter Available
      • All Aboard Washington Joins Coalition to Oppose I-976
      • All Aboard Washington's Fall Newsletter Is Online Now!
      • Please renew or join All Aboard Washington!
      • Please join us for AAWA's holiday meeting!
      • Upcoming Meetings Will Hear from WSDOT, Discuss East-West Service
      • AAWA Newsletter is available
      • Jim Hamre receives Golden Spike Award for rail advocacy
      • The All Aboard Washington Newsletter is here!
      • Remembering Jim and Zack
      • Response to Amtrak Cascades Train 501 Incident
      • All Aboard Washington Annual Membership Meeting on December 9
      • Expanded Amtrak Cascades service launches December 18!
      • Stampede Pass Rail Study
      • AAWA Pasco rail summit is September 16
      • All Aboard Washington Picnic Meeting Aug 12
      • All Aboard June event is for fun
      • Hans Mueller, founding member of AAWA, passes away
      • All Aboard Washington hosts Rail Users Network in Seattle
      • All Aboard Washington legislative day in Olympia
      • November 12th Annual Meeting in Lacey
      • October 8 AAWA meeting in Bellingham
      • AAWA August 13 picnic meeting in Lacey
      • Blaine Station Stop - Final Report
      • A tribute to Jim Fredrickson, railroader, historian, photographer
      • Northwest Rail Advocates hear about improvements that will provide better passenger rail services
      • All Aboard Washington honors Sound Transit's Joni Earl
      • All Aboard Washington goals approved as we move forward to 2016
      • All Aboard Washingtion Annual Membership Meeting is Nov. 14 in Centralia
      • Join us for our next meeting on October 10
      • All Aboard Washington's Summer Fundraiser
      • Next Meeting - August 8th at Lacey's Rainier View Park
      • AAWA's Charlie Hamilton honored by NARP
      • Northwest Rail Advocates Meeting – June 6, 2015 – East Glacier Park, MT
      • AAWA May 9 meeting in Ellensburg
      • A message from our AAWA president
      • Moving ahead with Passenger Rail as we enter 2015
      • November 8: All Aboard Washington annual membership meeting
      • AAWA goes to Yakima - Sept 13
      • All Aboard Washington outreach at Tacoma Rail and Harbor Days
      • Station developments around the Northwest
      • Ken Uznanski, Nationally-Respected Passenger Rail Leader, Passes Away
      • Passenger Rail Lost a Leader and Friend on July 7
      • URGENT - Letters Needed for Seattle's Center City Connector!
      • All Aboard Washington June 14th Meeting
      • Amazon Smile
      • National Train Day at King Street Station
      • “Rail in the Northwest” Program May 14
      • National Train Day at King Street Station May 10
      • Hans Zeiger (R-Puyallup), and Johan Hellman - BNSF to Speak at our March 8th meeting!
      • AAWA at Transportation Advocacy Day, Feb 27th
      • Tacoma Freighthouse Square Station Concepts
      • Why has high-speed rail moved so slowly in the US?
      • January Meeting Date Change
      • Tax parity for Transit riders!
      • December Fundraiser
      • RAIL ADVOCATES SHOULD PROVIDE PRO-RAIL INPUT
      • Presentations from March 2 rail advocates conference
      • Spring/Summer schedule changes in effect Seattle-Portland
      • Time to Spare; Go by Air or Reasons Why You Should Take Amtrak Home After Attending a NARP NW Regional Meeting
      • A letter from All Aboard Washington's President
      • Probable Impacts on the Nov. 6 General Election on Passenger Rail Support - Federal and State
      • Amtrak dedicates new Seattle maintenance facility
      • Market Our Passenger Trains
      • Transport Action BC calls VIA Rail Canada cuts ‘inexplicable’ and ‘wrong to the core'
      • Save the Waterfront Streetcar
      • Coal Train effects on Passenger Trains in the Northwest Corridor
      • Rep. Mike Armstrong: Invest in Transportation Infrastructure
      • Washington Rail News Past Newsletters
      • All Aboard Washington rides the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Steam Train
      • Steampunk Lullaby
      • Washington and Oregon DOTs will work more closely to manage the Amtrak Cascades
      • Support All Aboard Washington
      • Amtrak Trip Greenville, SC to Seattle Part 2 of 2
      • Amtrak Trip Greenville, SC to Seattle Part 1 of 2
      • Saving the Historic Blaine Train Depot & Making it an Official Amtrak Stop
      • AAWA Operation Lifesaver Presentations
      • AAWA Part of High-Level Advocacy for Our Intercity Passenger Trains
      • Trains 513 and 516 service to Vancouver Saved!
      • Secretary Hammond's Comments on The Competition for Intercity Passenger Rail in America Act of 2011
      • Mudslide disruptions to Amtrak and Sounder: Time for Flex and Fix!
      • WSDOT announces $145 million more in HSR Funds
      • Join or Renew All Aboard Washington online!
      • ARRA funds finally coming to Washington!
      • Agreements secure $590 million in federal passenger rail funding for Washington state
      • Its been a good week in Washington!
      • Washington Gets 161 million more in HSRA funds!
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