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RailPAC Photos of the Month, May, 2013
Here are 5 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. THIS MONTH: Reno, Van Nuys, Sacramento, Metrolink, Santa Paula. 1. The refurbished very busy Van Nuys Amtrak-Metrolink station. Station agent Monique Curry…
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Sacramento to Tucson, on Amtrak and in the Dining Car
Trip Report and Comments by Mike Barnbaum, RailPAC Associate Director Six months ago, I reserved with 11,000 Guest Rewards points, a round trip from Sacramento to Tucson. I have already traveled one-way, and will be returning on Sunday 26 May from Tucson, arriving into Sacramento on Monday 27 May. This was a sad trip in…
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The (Almost) Perfect Trip from Auburn to Bakersfield
Trip Report and Comments by Ralph James, RailPAC member Photos by the author. From time to time I have need to travel from our home east of Auburn and Colfax to points in the southern San Joaquin Valley. With no early departures out of Colfax, the best that can be done is to catch the…
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Are Public Roads Only For Cars and Trucks?
By Noel T. Braymer My earliest memory of Streetcars was when I was about 6 years old and my father took me to my first baseball game. It was to see the now LA Dodgers playing at the Los Angeles Coliseum around 1958. What I remember most about that night were the Streetcars. They scared…