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May CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: May 2011 Performance Report)
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Capitol Corridor JPB June meeting report
Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director Following are items of interest which were discussed and acted upon at the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board meeting on June 8, 2011 in Suisun City CA. 1. WiFi service should be available at no charge to passengers by November of this year. This service will not accommodate down-loading…
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Does a Railroad Need to Own its Tracks?
Commentary by Noel T. Braymer Back in the 1960’s “everyone knew” that the railroads in the United States were going out of business. Actually the smaller railroads and the Class Is in the Mid-West and the North East were in trouble. My Father told me in the 1970’s that he thought that the solution to…
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AMTRAK Long Distance trains at 40 And, what they still need is more cars!
Comments by Russ Jackson That was then: Forty years is a long time. In this report let’s first take a look at where the western long distance trains started for Amtrak, and then look at today. Charting will be for two trains that were in the Amtrak official timetable #1 for May 1, 1971, which…