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Vermont Rail Action Network Board (click here for board contact info)

David Allaire (Rutland)
President, Rutland Board of Alderman (served on subcommittees about the Rutland Railyard)
Rutland Regional Transportation Council
Former State Representative, Transportation Committee
Vermont Rail Council

Chuck Bohi(White River Jct)
State Representative (Transportation Committee)
Caretaker, White River Junction Amtrak Station

Mike Coates (Essex)
Retired from a life in construction with S.D. Ireland Concrete
Vermont Rail Council

Herb Russell (Rutland) 
State Representative (Commerce Committee)
Equinox Resort
Retired American Airlines flight attendant

Charlie Hunter (Bellows Falls) http://www.flyingunderradar.com/
Roots on the Rails on-board rail concert vacations
Artist (often of rail subjects)
Downtown Bellows Falls leader
Secretary at age 12 of the Vermont Association of Rail Passengers

Lee Khan (Randolph), Chair
Lobbyist, Wade Group. Represents Omya and Vermont Railway on the Middlebury spur

Charlie Moore (St. Albans)
Vice President, RailComm
Retired Vice President, RailAmerica (owner of New England Central Railroad)
Vermont Rail Council

Rick Moulton (Huntington)
Filmaker
Vermont Rail Council

Dick Pembroke (Bennington)
Former State Representative, Transportation Committee Chair
Pembroke Landscaping

Pete Snyder (Northeast Kingdom)
Operations Manager, Adirondack Railroad

Brad Worthen (Chittenden County)
Real Estate Developer
Burlington Airport Community Liason

 
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Environmental Benefits of Rail

 

44% of greenhouse gasses in Vermont are produced by transportation (nationally, it's 28%).  If we are serious about the environment we have to change transportation.

Shipping by rail instead of truck reduces pollution (on average) by two-thirds, noise by one half, uses only 29% of the fuel and produces only 23% as much greenhouse gasses.  Freight Rail Carbon Calculator

The U.S. transportation system is 96% petroleum dependent, accounts for 71% of the country’s oil use, and consumes 25% of the world’s net output. 

Passenger trains are 20-40% more efficient.  But consider: if the train is already going there, the carbon footprint of you  riding it is *zero* !  

Rail facilitates better land use, which may make the biggest difference.