RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

Month: April 2013

  • Amtrak plans to stop Surfliners at Coaster stations too

    Report and Comments by Noel Braymer, RailPAC 3-newsletter Editor Amtrak has already listed all the Coaster Stations in the latest April 1, 2013 Surfliner Schedule . It has the footnote : (21) Service begins at a date to be announced. That won’t confuse anyone will it? This is a really bad idea from North County…

  • The Railroad Destroying Santa Margarita River

    Story by Noel T. Braymer Finally this year, 2013 (due to the need to redo more work on this bridge the opening date now is in 2014.)the new double track railroad bridge over the Santa Margarita River will replace the old single track bridge there since 1916. Well not exactly, the current bridge is a…

  • eNewsletter for April 1, 2013

    U.S. Report Backs Bullet Train Revenue Forecasts Los Angeles Times Mar 29, 2013 The GAO study says that the project’s ridership and revenue forecasts are reasonable but it renews concerns about future funding. The lesson from this is you may not like what your asked for. The GAO admits that the current Cal HSR project…

  • RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (March, 2013)

    Here are 5 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page each month are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected] 1. Riverside, CA, station on March 22, 2013. A long BNSF container train is on the double tracks in the…