Protecting and Enhancing Algoma's Passenger Rail
Set for the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of September, 2012, join us in celebrating the 94th anniversary of the Group of Seven painting along the ACR. This year’s featured artist is Tom Thomson. Contact David Craig at 705-949-2301 ext. 4734 or david.craig@algomau.ca about reserving your spot at this year’s Event. More details to follow…
Click the link below to listen as Linda Savory-Gordon chats with Mathieu Grégoire from Radio-Canada about CAPT and the return of passenger service between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury. (In French)
Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour écouter comme Linda Savory-Gordon discute avec Mathieu Grégoire de Radio-Canada au sujet CAPT et le retour des services passagers entre Sault Ste. Marie et Sudbury.
CAPT has featured in the Sudbury Star and Sault Star in recent days, check the links below to view the articles.
From the Sudbury Star:
Group Petitions for New Ride
From the Sault Star:
Group Petitions for New Ride Between Sudbury and Sault
The 2012 CAPT Calendars are now available for sale! They are jam-packed with beautiful photos taken along rail lines in Algoma, make a great holiday gift, and are available for only $10 each. Please contact David Craig at 705-949-2301 ext. 4734 or on email at david.craig@algomau.ca for information on how to order.
visit http://www.petitiononlinecanada.com/petition/revive-algoma-passenger-rail-restoring-passenger-rail-from-sault-ste-marie-to-sudbury/577 to sign the petition and show your support!
CAPT will be holding a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, November 29th at 7 PM in the Doc Brown Lounge at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie. The meeting will feature an extended trailer of the soon to be released documentary “De-Railed: The National Dream”, guest speakers, an update from CAPT, and a chance for attendees to engage in discussion on transportation and passenger rail. The meeting will also serve as the launch for the 2012 CAPT Calendars, which at only $10 make for not only a beautiful holiday gift but also an economical one as well!
Refreshments will be served and entry is free, so please plan to attend!
The track upgrades are part of the Government of Canada’s $923 million investment to improve passenger rail services, including $407 million in stimulus funding. Funding from the Economic Action Plan alone represents some 5,000 jobs (direct and indirect person-years) over the period 2009-2013.
Read more here.
From Northern Ontario Business:
“Serpent River First Nation is laying the groundwork to become a northeastern Ontario transportation hub.
The First Nation community partnered with Sudbury’s Mansour Group to land a railway ballast contract last summer to supply 125,000 tonnes of rock for the Huron Central Railway’s $33-million track reconstruction project.
Under the banner of M’Anishnabek Industries, Serpent River and Mansour quickly built a 1,000-foot long railroad siding in an amazing six weeks, extending from the Huron Central line into a once-abandoned quarry where rail cars are loaded with crushed rock to be used as track bedding for the short-line railroad.
“This thing has moved at lightning speed,” said Serpent River Chief Isadore Day.”
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