Month: March 2007

  • San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting report

    Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director, with Bill Kerby, RailPAC Treasurer and Art Lloyd, RailPAC VP North The San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting was held Thursday March 8, 2007 in Fresno. Fresno County Supervisor Henry Perea welcomed members of the committee and audience. The main issue of this meeting was the Committee vote to…

  • News and a Photo from the Capitol Corridor

    Gene Skropowski, the Capitol Corridor Managing Director, replied to RailPAC regarding the photo story about the group traveling to Sacramento from Davis (below the meeting notice) and gave us an advanced look at other important Corridor news including the latest statistics from the other California corridors. NEW Photo added! Westbound Capitol train 737 arrives on…

  • RailPAC/NARP Joint Membership Meeting & Conference

    Saturday, March 17, 2007 Gateway Center, MTA BOARD ROOM, 3rd Floor, the tall building east of Los Angeles Union Station platforms. The Rail Passenger Association of California, the National Association of Railroad Passengers, and the Transit Coalition invite you to the biggest rail meeting of 2007! Amtrak President Alex Kummant (pictured, left, with RailPAC President…

  • CA Corridor Rail Meetings

    Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board, Suisun City Hall, 10:00

  • Group rides Zephyr from Davis to Sacramento

    Instead of using a Capitol train. The scene below is the Davis, CA train station this morning, March 2, 2007. The train is the eastbound California Zephyr, #6, which arrived only a few minutes late enroute eventually to Chicago. A PHOTO report by Russ Jackson, RailPAC. This group of children and parents wanted to take…

  • Amtrak needs leadership, not more managers

    Commentary by Noel Braymer, Editor, Western Rail Passenger Review On January 30th of this year, train 50, the CARDINAL, departed Chicago with 6 cars, one locomotive and one working toilet. Over the protests of the train’s conductor, the Chicago trainmaster ordered the train out of Chicago. The train had gone no further than Dyer, Indiana,…