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Should we take the Long Distance Trains off of Amtrak’s Back?
Analysis by Noel T. Braymer Amtrak says that they lose over $500 million dollars a year running the Long Distance Passenger Trains. But Amtrak endures this hardship because of the transportation necessity provided by the Long Distance Trains in much of rural America. Amtrak has been hinting that they would like the States to help…
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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (March, 2013)
And other California Corridor statistics. Reported by DAVID B. KUTROSKY, Managing Director Ridership for FY2013 continues to drop compared to last year’s historical highs. For March 2013, 145,271 passengers used the Capitol Corridor, representing a 4.7% drop compared to March 2012. Revenue for March 2013 has showed a negligible decrease of 0.4% versus March 2012.…
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The Denver Crossover for the Southwest Zephyr and the California Chief.
By Noel T. Braymer A major problem since the creation of Amtrak is there are so many places it is impossible for passengers to get to by Rail in this country. It isn’t for lack of stations with over 400 Amtrak Stations over most of the continental United States. But you can’t take a train…
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Why Would a Foreign Country Finance California High Speed Rail?
Analysis by Noel T. Braymer After several near death experiences the California High Speed Rail project is poised to soon start construction for 130 miles of new railroad in the San Joaquin Valley. This is assured with almost $6 billion dollars in funding from Federal and State sources. This is after several changes were made…
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RailPAC President writes CPUC re Sprinter
Mr. Michael R. Peevey 8th April, 2013 President, California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco CA 94102 SAFE OPERATION OF “SPRINTER” RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE Dear President Peevey: The Rail Passenger Association of California is a non-profit, 501c3 California Corporation active since 1977 in promoting passenger rail. I am writing to request that…
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The complicated history of the Sprinter
Report and Photo by Noel T. Braymer, RailPAC e-newsletter Editor The Sprinter started out as a simple project to serve the 22 miles between Oceanside and Escondido. The original proposal by RailPAC’s Byron Nordberg back in the 1980’s was to rebuild the existing single tracked short line railroad between these 2 cities for about 70-80…
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RailPAC President writes Caltrans about the Surfliners becoming Coasters
NOTE: This letter from Paul Dyson and Noel Braymer’s article below express the RailPAC opinions on this subject. 8th April, 2013 Mr. William D. Bronte, Chief, Division of Rail Department of Transportation 1120 N Street MS 74 Sacramento, CA 95814 Surfliner: Degrading Intercity Schedules to cover gaps in Commuter Service a bad policy and contrary…