Month: February 2009
BURBANK AIRPORT AUTHORITY PROPOSES TRANSIT CENTER
Commentary by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President, and member, Burbank Transportation Commission. The facility would provide “moving walkway” link with the Amtrak/Metrolink station. The...
Russ JacksonFebruary 25, 2009
CCJPA February Meeting report
by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) met in Suisun City on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. The Board...
Russ JacksonFebruary 23, 2009
California Corridors January 2009 Stats
from Eugene K. Skoropowski, Managing Director, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority It appears that the economic slowdown may be starting to impact all...
Russ JacksonFebruary 12, 2009
Rail Safety Improvement Act will save lives
By Robert Manning, RailPAC Director Printed in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, February 8, 2009 Sometimes it takes a major tragedy to provide...
Russ JacksonFebruary 10, 2009
RIC SILVER: A real rail advocate!
A tribute with PHOTOS to RailPAC’s outgoing, one-of-a-kind former Executive Director, by Russ Jackson We first met Richard L. Silver sometime around 1995....
Russ JacksonFebruary 6, 2009
Tracking the News for February
TRACKING THE NEWS . . . . . . PHOTOS, and COMMENTARY by Russ Jackson February, 2009. Superliners! When you “GoogleEarth” to their...
Russ JacksonFebruary 2, 2009
Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Editorial By Noel T. Braymer After retiring as President of Southern Railway, W. Graham Claytor took over as President of Amtrak in 1982....
Noel BraymerFebruary 1, 2009
Has it been 30 years already?
By Noel T. Braymer In 1978 I was in my mid-twenties, single, the rent for my apartment in Los Angeles was $160 a...
Noel BraymerFebruary 1, 2009