Month: February 2012

8 Articles
[Commentary]

Take Trains Via The Coast. It can pay for itself.

Commentary by Robert F. Mac Donald, RailPAC Member, Oakland The media have been playing up the rise in the price gasoline to the...

[Commentary]

An engine died in Kansas. So what else is new?

Comments by Russ Jackson, RailPAC Southwest Chief train #3 that departed Chicago on February 20, 2012, arrived in Fullerton 8 hours 10 minutes...

[Commentary]

How to Please Almost Everyone on California High Speed Rail

Opinion by Noel T. Braymer The opposition of the California High Speed Rail Project is largely to the cost of the project and...

eNewsletter

eNewsletter for February 13, 2012

Inland Empire News – Feb 9,2012 SACRAMENTO – Governor Brown and US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are reaffirming their support for building High-Speed...

IssuesReports

Amtrak California gets to the Coachella Valley

RailPAC Report by Russ Jackson, Robert Manning, and from the Amtrak.com timetable. Photo by Robert Manning. In its revised schedule dated December 5,...

eNewsletter

eNewsletter for February 6, 2012

The only leg of the San Joaquin Valley HSR starter line that seems close to construction is by Fresno. The deadline for starting...

eNewsletter

eNewsletter for January 30, 2012

San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee takes stand on Closing the HSR Gap at January 26 Meeting ; Passes Resolution Supporting Closure of the...

[Commentary]Issues

Comparing The Benefits Of The First $7 Billion Investment In California High Speed Rail—Bakersfield North vs. Bakersfield South

Commentary by Ralph James, RailPAC Member, Blue Canyon CA This commentary is a follow-up to this writer’s original commentary entitled “Is California High...