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Archive -- Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers Meeting - Sanford, MI
Date
Saturday, June 22, 2019 Saturday, June 22, 2019
Location
Sanford Centennial Museum 2222 Smith Street Sanford MI 48657
Heads Up for the June MARP Membership Meeting!
MARP members will gather on Saturday, June 22 at the Sanford Centennial Museum in the village of Sanford, MI off U.S. Highway 10, about nine miles northwest of Midland, MI.
Exact meeting times to be confirmed!
The Sanford Centennial Museum houses an extensive local history collection. There are nine historic buildings, including two schools, a general store, log cabin, township hall, church, train depot and train, all authentically restored and furnished. Inside the buildings, collections include vintage tools, implements from the logging days, political memorabilia, a dentist's office, a saloon, toys, household goods, and much more. The Museum Complex Map gives a good idea of the richness of the site.
Located on the Tittabawassee River, one mile off U.S. Highway 10, near Sanford Lake and its beaches, and across from the Pere Marquette Rail Trail, Sanford offers enticements to making this an early season weekend getaway.
The meeting itself will be an opportunity for members to engage in brainstorming about MARP’s role in advancing rail projects in Michigan and actions that we may undertake.
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"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.