Month: October 2012
Rail Improvements in California over the Next 5-7 Years
Story and Photos by Noel T. Braymer With all the talk about High Speed Rail and 130 miles of new construction in the...
Noel BraymerOctober 27, 2012
eNewsletter for October 22, 2012
Amtrak snack bars lost $84.5 million last year; $833 million in 10 years Washington Examiner-Oct 16, 2012 Federal spending over the past 20...
Noel BraymerOctober 27, 2012
PHOTOS of the Month: October, 2012
5 new Rail PHOTOS taken by RailPAC Photographers! 1. Amtrak’s Capitol Limited arrives at Cumberland, Maryland, on September 28, 2012. Lots of CSX...
Russ JacksonOctober 25, 2012
Caltrain Modernization Program
Report by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director Caltrain is the commuter railroad operating on it’s own Right of Way (RoW) from San Francisco to...
Russ JacksonOctober 25, 2012
Where I Would Like to Go by Train; but Can’t
By Noel T. Braymer The best places to go to by train are those with lots of traffic, congestion and expensive parking. One place...
Noel BraymerOctober 20, 2012
eNewsletter for October 15, 2012
The diner was operated by a crew of four—two chefs and two waitresses, who, fortunately for the passengers who had paid thousands of...
Noel BraymerOctober 20, 2012
The Texas Eagle in Illinois and the San Joaquins in California
Commentary by Ralph James, RailPAC contributor On October 2, 2012, the Railway Age “blog” contained an article by Lyndon Henry, “Texas Eagle highlights...
Russ JacksonOctober 18, 2012
YES, Long-Distance Amtrak Trains are Crowded!
Trip Report on the Southwest Chief and the Empire Builder Commentary by Andrew C. Selden, MinnARP, Minneapolis Recently I rode Los Angeles-Chicago on...
Russ JacksonOctober 18, 2012
Highway or No Way: the Need for Transportation Alternatives
Article and Photos By Noel T. Braymer Man: An argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the...
Noel BraymerOctober 13, 2012
To Sacramento by way of the Sunset Limited-Texas Eagle
Photo and Trip Report in newly rebuilt Superliner cars by Russ Jackson, RailPAC “It isn’t the destination it’s the journey.” That’s what the...
Russ JacksonOctober 12, 2012