Month: March 2012
Building High Speed Rail while making friends and not enemies
Opinion by Noel T. Braymer Transportation is a very political issue since it usually depends on public monies. But rarely is it a...
Noel BraymerMarch 31, 2012
eNewsletter for March 26, 2012
STOCKTON, Calif. (KCRA) — A spokesman with the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, which runs the Altamont Commuter Express, said legislation is in...
Noel BraymerMarch 30, 2012
The Sunset Route: What’s happening there? A photo report.
Report and Comments by Russ Jackson, RailPAC, Dallas. PHOTOS by Richard Strandberg, Mike Palmer, Russ Jackson. Maps from the Amtrak timetable. This article...
Russ JacksonMarch 30, 2012
eNewsletter for March 12, 2012
At the end of February and start of March there were confusing headlines about the California High Speed Rail Project. Based on a...
Noel BraymerMarch 16, 2012
Amtrak changes the Sunset Limited schedule: Positives, Negatives, and they agreed to WHAT?
Analysis and Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC From out of the blue, so to speak, on March 13 came an Amtrak News Release...
Russ JacksonMarch 15, 2012
Traveling by Amtrak from Sacramento to Tucson before and after the May 7 Schedule Change
Commentary by Ralph James, RailPAC My wife left on the morning of March 15 for a flight out of Sacramento to Tucson AZ...
Russ JacksonMarch 15, 2012
eNewsletter for March 5, 2012
Express train 599 is suppose to run from San Diego to Los Angeles in 2 hours and 28 minutes with 4 intermediate stops....
Noel BraymerMarch 10, 2012
Latest episode of the California High Speed Rail Soap Opera.
Opinion by Noel T. Braymer At the end of February and start of March there were confusing headlines about the California High Speed...
Noel BraymerMarch 9, 2012
Why The Capitol Corridor Works, and What is Wrong with the Pacific Surfliners
Opinion by Noel T. Braymer When the Capitol Corridor service began in 1991 it was with 3 round trips between San Jose and...
Noel BraymerMarch 3, 2012
ENewsletter for February 27, 2012
An engine died in Kansas. So what else is new? Southwest Chief train #3 that departed Chicago on February 20, 2012, arrived in Fullerton...
Noel BraymerMarch 2, 2012