Ken Mauermann
35 Years of Service (and counting)
After
Helping Construct the Station
Watch here for more information on
the station's veteran volunteer and current board member, Ken Mauermann.
Ken, a dedicated railfan, joined the team that built Olympia-Lacey
Amtrak Station in the very beginning of efforts in the1980s.
The fundraising campaign was dubbed "Centennial Station"
with hopes of opening the depot for the Washington state
Centennial in 1989. We opened in 1993 as the cover photo of
the Amtrak National Calendar |
 Bob Bregent
Original Depot Project Manager
He was manager during construction of the station. He recalls asking a representative of the State Department of Transportation for assistance.
"He literally laughed in my face and said 'Nobody rides the train anymore. We're not giving you one red penny.'
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Bregent said there isn't anything the State
of Washington could have told advocates to galvanize them more.
-Thurston Talk |
Audrey Skaugseth
30 Years of Service (and counting)
Former Amtrak Depot Committee President
Watch here for more information on
the station's veteran volunteer and current board member, Audrey
Skaugseth.
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Bobbe Andersen
Longtime Station Scheduler
25 Years of Volunteer Service
Pictured here with her late husband, Dean Andersen, also a
longtime station volunteer.. Both were active in the
National Parks "Rails and Trails" Program. .
Their
late daughter Kim also was a longtime volunteer. They joined
the ranks of station volunteers to asist their late son
Corky, who was a docent on the Empire Builder. and died in
2009.
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Rich DeGarmo
In Memoriam
Died Sept. 9, 2024
Father of the Volunteer Station Model
He was one of the key founders of Olympia-Lacey Centennial Station and the designer of our unique volunteer-run depot model.
Richard William DeGarmo, 85, of Tumwater, died Sept. 9,
2024 following a very long illness.
Survivors include Susan DeGarmo, his wife who herself was a station volunteer. Amtrak initially refused to stop at our station until Rich worked out a volunteer schedule that allowed Olympia-Lacey train stops in 1993 without any on-site paid Amtrak employees. His legacy continues and lives on with our all-volunteer depot.
Typical volunteer shifts at the station are about five hours and largely
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. |
 Lloyd Flem
In Memoriam
Died July 2, 2024
Founding director (1992)
Olympia- Lacey Amtrak Station Volunteers
Former Executive Director, All Aboard Washington
"Perhaps the
crowning achievement of Lloyd's long, industrious and
eventful career was his important role in bringing modern passenger
trains to the Amtrak Cascades Rail Passenger Train Corridor. On very
short notice, Lloyd was able to persuade the chairpersons of both the
Senate and House Transportation Committees, then currently meeting
in session, to explain the many features and merits this train could
bring to Washington intercity passenger service."
-- Chuck
Mott, Past President
All Aboard Washington |
| Looking for more on "Art" and
"Ollie," early station founders. Art donated concrete
work and may have later lived in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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