RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

Month: December 2013

  • Why Does it Take So Long to Get More and Faster Trains?

    By Noel T. Braymer The short answer is money: or rather the lack of money. Things looked much brighter back in 2000. In 2000 the State of California had a budget surplus of 12.3 billion dollars! The Federal Government also had a budget surplus and the Federal Debt was shrinking. Unemployment was low and economic…

  • eNewsletter for December 2, 2013

    Editorial: High-speed rail proceeds in fits and start Sacramento Bee – Nov 27, 2013  In a mixed ruling on Monday, Kenny did not question going forward with the project. So the gleeful comment that “The high-speed rail project is derailed,” by Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, is an extravagant exaggeration. The judge…

  • RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (November, 2013)

    Here are this month’s 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]. Russ Jackson, Photo page editor. 1. How’s this for an historic photo? Is that really Mr. & Mrs. Leland Stanford speaking…