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Photograph: Prof. Jaap (John) Bakker (third from right) meeting Ottawa area Transport Action members Michael Kostiuk, Tim Lane, Carolyn Clackdoyle, Mark Walton, David Leibold and David Jeanes in 2019. Jaap Jelle (John) Bakker, 12 December 1929 – 23 April 2025, was a long time member of Transport Action and its predecessor, Transport 2000. He held […]
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Chris Holloway died in Wakefield, QC on March 26, 2024. He is pictured above at the Transport Action office in Ottawa, Christmas 2008. Chris was Transport 2000 Canada’s (now Transport Action) Editor and fundraiser in 1989 and Director in 1990. Harry Gow and David Jeanes knew him well. One of his early contributions to Transport 2000’s […]
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Dr. D. Michael Jackson, CVO, SOM, CD passed away at the age of 82 on November 23rd 2022. Michael Jackson was extremely important in the first years of Transport 2000 Canada (Transport Action Canada) and continued to be an active member for the rest of his life. He was President of the Regina Rail Committee, which became […]
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by Harry Gow, with documentation by David Jeanes Longtime Office Manager of Transport 2000 / Transport Action Canada, Dirk Partridge, died on July 31st 2022 in Ottawa. Dirk Partridge was a founding member of the Amtrak management team, as Manager of Fares and Tariffs long before his retirement to Canada and to a second career […]
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