Month: June 2007

  • Are you go-ing to San Fran-cis-co this summer?

    To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the “summer of love?” 🙂 Go to a ball game? Go to Fishermans Wharf/Pier 39? Ride the cable cars? Let’s go! Here’s a photo story of rail in San Francisco in the summer of 2007. Photos and comments by RailPAC website Editor Russ Jackson A rail journey to San…

  • Californians don’t love their cars, many have no choice.

    June 1 Editorial by Noel Braymer In mid June of this year there were several news stories about a U.S. Census survey which showed that Americans, particularly Californians where driving alone more than ever. This is despite millions of dollars being spent to encourage car-pooling and ride sharing. Many of the stories in the papers…

  • Hybrid Technology for railroads

    From Modern Railways with Comments added by RailPAC President, Paul Dyson The following is an extract from the June 2007 edition of Modern Railways, the leading UK railway magazine. It was written by Roger Ford, a former traction engineer with the English Electric Company, and now technical editor of MR. It is reproduced with his…

  • LOSSAN Corridor Board Meeting report

    LOSSAN Board Meeting, Los Angeles, 06/13/07 Report and IMPORTANT COMMENTARY by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President Although the meeting took place there was no quorum as Chairman Art Brown was taken ill en route to the meeting and there were too many other absences. The meeting could not therefore make any Board decisions, but heard the…

  • Coast Rail Coordinating Council meeting report

    Report and commentary from the TAC meeting, Santa Barbara, 6/8/07 by Paul Dyson Including news about the new car order! The CRCC Technical Advisory Committee met at Santa Barbara last week, led by the indefatigable Peter Rodgers of SLOCOG. Also there were Royce Gotcher and Clem Bomar of Caltrans Division of Rail, Eileen Low from…

  • Monterey County Rail Policy Committee report

    June 4, 2007, Transportation Agency for Monterey County Rail Policy Committee meeting Report and commentary by Chris Flescher, RailPAC, Salinas There is an interest in awarding Parsons another contract for planning work on the Monterey Branch Line. The contract would involve aerial photography to create more detailed maps of the area. There would be enough…

  • New California rail PHOTOS

    Photos from Southern California include the LA Gold Line, Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Santa Barbara. Posted mid-June, 2007. A Los Angeles Gold Line train is at the Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park station. Notice the “transit oriented development” condos adjacent to this station. (Noel Braymer photo) Quad gates at this Heritage Park station intersection provide increased safety…

  • LOSSAN Corridor: Statement by RailPAC President Paul Dyson

    COMMENTS presented to THE LOSSAN BOARD – JUNE 13, 2007 Chairman Brown, Board members, I was told a long time ago that in advocacy it is always better to be for something than against. Well, that’s not going to be an easy job today, although item 7, Passenger Rail Integration, is indeed a ray of…

  • California Corridors May statistics

    Provided by Gene Skoropowski, Managing Director, Capitol Corridor JPA. We just received the May 2007 ridership results, and while California in total is ‘looking good’, the Capitol Corridor is skyrocketing! I am still in awe of where we are in riders. Gene ________________________________________________________________ Summary of May 2007 ridership and ticket revenue results for California state-supported…