Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI, is offering a week long summer youth program designed to create awareness of, and stimulate interest in, the world of rail and intermodal transportation.  Students will learn why trains are called the “green transportation alternative”, how fast high-speed passenger trains move, and how containers find their way from China to USA.

The program is open to current 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th grade students. Included are technical tours to rail and intermodal facilities in Marquette, MI and Duluth, MN. Full scholarships are available to all who are accepted in the program.

The program is a collaborative effort by Michigan Tech’s Rail Transportation Program and the Transportation and Logistics Management Program at University of Wisconsin—Superior.

For more details and a program application, visit http://www.syp.mtu.edu/docs/RTP_App.pdf