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To our friends at Amtrak:

Attached are the final version of our six-page December newsletter and my written testimony for today's 11 AM House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on the Administration's High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Program. The hearing will be webcast and archived--linked from http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=1462

Thank you for your interest. We wish you a wonderful holiday season.

Ross B. Capon, President & CEO
National Association of Railroad Passengers
505 Capitol Court NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002-7706
202-408-8362 (mobile 301-385-6438)
www.narprail.org<http://www.narprail.org>

Page One-NARP Praises Los Angeles Rail Progress-Presents Awards to Metro and Metrolink
--Supercommittee Blows Up; Next: Armageddon?
--NARP Members to Choose Council Representatives

Page Two-Michigan Rail Summit: Gov. Snyder (R) Supports Trains!

Page Three-Amtrak & FRA Personnel Changes
--Twitter
--Major California HSR Grant

Page Four-Coalition Organizes to Preserve Southwest Chief Route
--Illinois on Track to Big Improvements

Page Five-Amtrak and HSR Funding for Fiscal 2012
--Roanoke-Bristol Test Train Well-Received

Page Six-Travelers' Advisory:

* new Sunday schedule for eastbound Pennsylvanian;

* Cary, NC, now a staffed station;

* Minot ND service restored;

* Maryland MTA running buses between BWI and Shady Grove (Washington Metro) and other locations in Montgomery County MD [service may expand now that the Intercounty Connector is opened all the way to I-95].
--Chairman's Column-"Now is a great time to get involved"