Ten Years of Progress   December 11th, 2007

Tempe, December, 2007 — Ten years almost to the day after the 1997 Arizona Rail Passenger Association Awards Dinner, and a special train from the Arizona Railway Museum, the new Valley Metro Rail line (second photo) is nearly ready for its first service
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2007 Metro Light Rail at 3d Street, Tempe

The 1997 train was the very last train ever to operate on the old “Creamery Branch” of the Southern Pacific.

Marc Pearsall photos taken from Tempe Butte

ARPA Membership Picnic   October 30th, 2007

February 23, 2008
12:00 pmto5:00 pm

(CONFIRMED) ARPA Membership Picnic. Scottsdale McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, Rotary Ramada.