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4 days ago · (speaking in the video: Stephen Gardner of Amtrak; State Sen. David Sokola; State Representative Paul Baumbach; U.S. Sen. Tom Carper) On hand for the occasion was Amtrak's Stephen Gardner, a ...
4 days ago · The downtown passenger rail station in Macomb is now known as the Thomas C. Carper Amtrak Station. “I’m honored. There’s no doubt about it,” said Carper, who served 15 years on the national Amtrak Board of Directors, longer than anyone else in board history.
4 days ago · By Dylan Smith. Published: May. 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM PDT | Updated: 1 hour ago. MACOMB (WGEM) - Macomb’s train station has a new name and it honors former mayor Tom Carper, who was elected three times, first in 1991. Signs will soon go on the station building at 120 E. Calhoun that read “Thomas C. Carper Amtrak Station.”.
4 days ago · In 1991, Carper was elected to his first of three terms as Mayor of Macomb, ending in 2003. In 2008 Carper was appointed by President George Bush to serve on the Amtrak Board of Directors. In 2009, Carper became Chair of the Amtrak Board of Directors. That same year, Carper was also honored by his Alma Mater with an Alumni Achievement Award.
4 days ago · A crowd gathers for a cermeony naming the Newark train station after Sen. Tom Carper. Federal Highways Administrator Shailen Bhatt speaks during a cermeony naming the Newark train station after ...
3 days ago · Carper was a local business owner and entrepreneur who graduated from Western Illinois University. Carper was elected to his first of three terms as mayor of Macomb in 1991. He remained mayor until 2003. Carper was appointed in 2008 by President George Bush to serve on the Amtrak board of directors, becoming chair of the board in 2009.
4 days ago · Newark Regional Transportation Center renamed as Thomas R. Carper Station. Carper has long been a train travel evangelist, much like President Biden. Now the Newark Regional Transportation Center near the University of Delaware will bear his name. Senator Tom Carper and other officials stood in front of one of the signs at the Newark Regional ...
