Our project is officially underway!
We are booked to ride the Southwest Chief from Lamar, Colorado to Raton, New
Mexico this coming Friday. This morning we got in touch with Amtrak Media
Relations in Chicago and figured out how to get Press Access on the ride. Once
we receive confirmation that we have been authorized, we are hoping that folks
riding and working on the train will take a few minutes to talk to us.
We will have a long layover in
Raton before turning back to Lamar, so we have scheduled a group interview with
Greater Raton Economic Development Corporation Paul Jenkins, Economic/Community
Development Director for Raton Christopher Reed, and Colfax County Commissioner
Bill Sauble. We felt a lot of small-town love when Paul graciously set this up
for us within minutes of answering our phone call.
At this point in our project the
information we are working with is still developing. No one knows what is going
to happen to the Colorado/New Mexico portion of the Southwest Chief, and the
upcoming legislature is dependent on so many factors. Working with an
“if…then…” framework is challenging for a reporter, so we are gearing up to be
as flexible as possible and stay on our toes.
This first train trip really marks
the jumping off point of our project. I am looking forward to getting into the
field and collecting our first batch of sound! Stay tuned…
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