Railroads

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Series I consists of seven folders of papers created and/or collected by Dave Oberby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque.

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Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque. Contains maps, Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers (IARP) brochures, a Railroad Inventory Contacts List, an Iowa DOT Rail System Appendix, and information relating to Cmte. Bill HF 559.

Scope and Contents Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque. Contains an Iowa DOT Rail System Plan titled "Iowa's Rail Environment," Information on House Resolution no. 54 and Dubuque Resolution 342-06, a 2006 publication by Dave Overby in Julien's Journal titled "Passenger Train Concept on Track," information on the Blackhawk Area Railroad Coalition, correspondence, a memorandum on hiring a railway feasibility consultant for the city, a...

Scope and Contents Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque. Contains maps, newspaper clippings, Chapter 4 from the Chicago-Rockford-Dubuque Corridor Intercity Passenger Rail Service Service Development Plan, an Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers contacts list, information about Amtrak CVB 5-18-00, an Iowa Rails Region 10 Meeting registration form and information, and a 2007 Feasibility Report on Proposed Amtrak Service...

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Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque Contains three newspaper pages: a page from the Dec. 17, 1990 Clinton Herald with an "Outtakes by Overby" column, a page from the Aug. 2, 1995 Clinton Herald with an "Outtakes by Overby" column, and a page from the Oct. 14, 2006 Quad-City Times with an article by Kurt Erickson about Amtrak expansion.

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Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque. Contains a copy of the June 11, 2006 Tri-State Telegraph Herald.

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Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque. Contains a Facsimile Lead Sheet and correspondence from the Galena Railroad Development Committee, photocopies of newspaper clippings, and two undated children's drawings of trains.

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Papers created and/or collected by Dave Overby as part of the effort to bring rail service back to Dubuque. Contains postcards, petitions, speeches, an interview script, a 2007 Dubuque Chamber of Commerce Clubs & Organizations list, maps, photos, aerial images, and a directory of leaders of the Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers (IARP).

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Series II consists of eleven folders of papers created and/or collected by Dave Solberg as part of the effort to bring back rail service to Dubuque.

Scope and Contents Papers created and/or collected by Dave Solberg as part of the effort to bring back rail service to Dubuque. Contains correspondence, Ride the Rail meeting agendas, surveys, Iowa DOT Transportation Funding Concepts, plans for the Ride the Rail website, an Iowa Passenger Rail Advisory Committee Review, financial statements for the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Ride the Rail Non-Endowed Fund, newspaper clippings, an Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers (IARP) Meeting pamphlet, a...