National Train Day and the 2009 Ark-La-Tex Rail Summit

Steve here checking in from the airport in Charlotte. Today is National Train Day, and my mom is acting as my surrogate today for the largest gathering on rail in the Ark-La-Tex. Several elected officials are gathering at the train depot in Marshall, Texas this afternoon for the 2009 Ark-La-Tex Rail Summit, which consists of a workshop on passenger and high speed rail, and the event will culminate with a signing of a local Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at 4:00 this afternoon. We'll give a report on General Improvement Funds in Arkansas that will be used for a feasibility study for our leg of the South Central High Speed Rail Corridor. Here's a pic from last year's event.

Update: Here's a picture of the signing of the 2009 Memoraundum of Understanding by elected officials in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. On the right is Harrison County Judge and former Texas Senator Richard Anderson: