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1 day ago · Tony Haswell in Ottawa, Ill., on May 16, 1976, on a fan trip with Rock Island’s Bicentennial E8. J. David Ingles. “Tony’s tenure was clouded by the fact that he was a passenger-train diehard that put him at odds with the bankrupt Rock,” recalls King. “Whenever there was a dispute between the RTA and the Rock, Tony would take the side ...
4 days ago · May 17, 2024. • General. The US lost a giant of passenger-train advocacy this week. 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.
Anthony Haswell Forms NARP in 1967. Posted on March 20, 2018 by Train Lover. The next major event on the road to Amtrak took place in 1967 when attorney Anthony Haswell formed the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Born in Dayton, Ohio and educated at the University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan, Haswell was no doubt ...
2 days ago · Anthony Haswell, a passenger train advocate and founder of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, died on May 17 at age 94. Haswell helped found NARP – now known as the Rail Passengers Association – in 1967 and served as its chairman and executive director until 1974. Between 1975 and 1977 he was director of…
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.
- 6 April 1756, Portsmouth, England
- 26 May 1816 (aged 60), Bennington, Vermont
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.
