TEXAS STATE RAILROAD-SAVE THE RAILROAD A PIECE OF TEXAS HISTORY

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About TEXAS STATE RAILROAD-SAVE THE RAILROAD A PIECE OF TEXAS HISTORY

All About the Texas State Railroad including the two parks it connects, Palestine and Rusk State Parks. This includes any pictures of or in the trains, the train stations, views and people along the way!

The state of Texas has implemented severe budget cuts to Texas Parks and Wildlife. This includes our wonderful railroad which is adjacent to Rusk State Park and Palestine State Park. The railroad has already lost employees as part of the cutbacks.

According to the Texas State Railroad Website, "The Texas State Railroad was promised $500,000.00 NEW money from the Legislative Budget Board to restart Palestine trains, but that money never came. Instead, the Parks Dept is having to shuffle money around within it's own department, and borrow $250,000.00 from the TSRR's 2007 budget in order to run the Palestine trains. This is a deplorable way to run our state parks. We have been told that the train will become a "static display" after this year, shutting down our historic railroad, and laying off most of the staff. We cannot allow this to happen. The TSRR is vital to our economy and is the major tourist atraction in East Texas. We cannot allow our vintage rail cars to sit and rust from neglect. "

The website goes on to asks that you "...contact Gov. Perry, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and Speaker of the House Tom Craddick to ask them to properly fund all our state parks with OUR TAX MONEY. Texas is now 49th per capita in the U.S. for funding of state parks!"

The following information is also from the Texas State Railroad site:

Gov. Rick Perry
Email the Governor, go to - www.governor.state.tx.us/contact
FAX: 512-463-1849
Letter: P. O. Box 12428,
Austin, TX 78711-2428 Lt. Gov. David Dewhurt

Email the Lt. Governor, go to - www.ltgov.state.tx.us/Contact/
Capital Station
P. O. Box 12068
Austin, TX 78711
512-463-0001

Spkr of the House, Tom Craddick
Email the Speaker, go to - www.house.state.tx.us/members/email.php?dist=82&rep=t...
Texas House of Representatives
P. O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768


PLUS CONTACT YOUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES by:

Phone
FAX
Letter &
E-Mail
And tell them:

How important The Texas State Railroad is to the economy, tourism and preserving an important part of Texas History.
That you encourage them to do all they can to find a solution to continue funding the Texas State Railroad.
That you encourage them to take action to sustain and save the future of the Texas State Railroad for the sake of our children.

Please go to the following site for more information: www.texasstaterailroad.com/

http://www.texasstaterailroad.com/save_the_txsrr.html