Month: January 2010

10 Articles
Reports

Sacramento Rails: Presentation Files

As promised, we are providing the PowerPoint presentations presented on January 16th. PDF Files of the Presentations: ACE CCJPA – 10 Year Vision...

[Commentary]Reports

Increase Your Community’s Awareness of Local Stations

Reported by Jarrod DellaChiesa, RailPAC Director In 2009, 29,976 passengers traveled to and from the Hayward station.  It is always surprising how few...

[Commentary]

Response to White House HSR Awards

Commentary by Paul Dyson $2.25 Billion for California High Speed Rail. Too little to make even the smallest impact, and relies on California...

[Commentary]

High Speed and Commuter Rail Electrification: Is Catenary Height an Issue?

Commentary by Paul Dyson As we contemplate construction of High Speed Rail and electrification of existing routes we need to ask if catenary...

Reports

RailPAC-NARP “Sacramento Rails” Meeting Report and Photos

Reported by Russ Jackson, railpac.org editor, with photos by the author. The 60 people who attended the January 16 meeting at the Rail...

Issues

RailPAC writes Senator Boxer re Amtrak Board

Senator Barbara Boxer Washington DC Via Fax 22nd January, 2010 CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATION ON AMTRAK BOARD Dear Senator Boxer: California needs and deserves a...

[Commentary]

CA Corridors December statistics

Reported by DAVID B. KUTROSKY, Managing Director, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority NOTE: This article contains important future state financial information that Mr....

[Commentary]Issues

Great Meeting in Sacramento on January 16, 2010

Report by Noel T. Braymer A Full House in Sacramento The underlying theme of most of the speakers at the RailPAC/NARP meeting was...

[Commentary]

In Memory of Eleanor Lloyd (1928-2010)

Caltrans Photo On January 11, 2010 Eleanor Lloyd died. She was the wife of RailPAC’s Vice-President (North) Art Lloyd for 64 years. Services...

Events

RailPAC-NARP Sacramento meeting UPDATE

“SACRAMENTO RAILS” In the California State Rail Museum meeting room where the 2008 annual meeting was held, 111 I Street, just west of...