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May 17, 2024 · Anthony Haswell, who founded the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) in 1967, died at the age of 94. NARP, now called the Rail Passengers Association, was pivotal in creating Amtrak in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
May 20, 2024 · The passenger train found that savior in Anthony (Tony) Haswell, founder of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), relentless champion of public access to rail transportation, and persistent gadfly to Class I railroads.
Anthony Haswell (6 April 1756 – 26 May 1816) was an English immigrant to New England, where he became a newspaper, almanac, and book publisher, the Postmaster General of Vermont and one of the Jeffersonian printers imprisoned under the Sedition Act of 1798.
Anthony Haswell was an attorney and noted passenger rail advocate in the United States. Haswell was born 1931 in Dayton, Ohio, son of Anthony and Virginia (Rike) Haswell.
Jun 14, 2024 · An interview with Anthony Haswell, who founded the National Association of Railroad Passengers in 1967.
The next major event on the road to Amtrak took place in 1967 when attorney Anthony Haswell formed the National Association of Railroad Passengers.
Aug 23, 2023 · BENNINGTON, Vt. — When Esther Forbes penned her award winning novel Johnny Tremain, she may have been channeling the life of Anthony Haswell. Born in or near Portsmouth, England, in the spring of 1756, Haswell emigrated to Boston, with his father and brother, when in his early teens.
