PRORAIL ACTION is for passenger rail advocates looking for information and ideas to help them as they work to maintain and expand rail passenger service in the U.S., with an emphasis on Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.

They're the ones willing to write letters to the editor, contact their local, state and federal officials, distribute leaflets and/or take other actions to advance the cause.

ProRail Action provides information and ideas in periodic e-mail announcements to its subscribers/members. (This is an "announce only" Yahoo Group, meaning only ProRail can post. To nominate information for posting, send it to us at prorail@hotmail.com.)

We also have a separate Yahoo Group for those interested in Amtrak travel information and tips. Visit ProRail Travel

This Yahoo Group is an activity of ProRail, a non-partisan all-volunteer organization of rail advocates headquartered in Madison, Wis.

You may subscribe to or join this Yahoo Group whether you are a ProRail member or not.

To learn more about ProRail, go to the ProRail Web site.

PHOTO: Here's a view of the interior of Amtrak's new downtown Milwaukee station, which was officially reopened Nov. 26, 2007 as the Milwaukee Intermodal Station. If you have a Yahoo user ID, see our Photo section for more artist's drawings of this station.