RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

Month: May 2014

  • A Photo Tour of the southern Coast Line

    By Noel T. Braymer The railroad that hugs the Coast along Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties is both picturesque and has a great deal of potential for ridership growth. What is holding it back is as usual, lack of funding and cooperation from the Union Pacific. It is only a matter of…

  • eNewsletter for May 5, 2014

    Union Station celebrating its 75th anniversary Saturday San Bernardino Sun-Apr 29, 2014 “This is more than just a party,” Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Marc Littman said. “We’re showcasing Union Station as the hub of L.A. County’s expanding transit system.”Metro will hold a rededication ceremony at the station’s Old Ticket Concourse at 10 a.m. May 5, 2014 Part…

  • NARP Resolution in Support of Returning Passenger Rail Service Between New Orleans & Florida

    The new NARP board has unanimously approved the following resolution in support of returning passenger service between New Orleans and Florida: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS              WHEREAS, the National Association of Railroad Passengers (“NARP”) has previously endorsed the re-introduction of passenger rail service along the southern route linking New Orleans, Louisiana to Orlando, Florida, which is…

  • National Train Day in Santa Barbara

    May 10th, 2014 National Train Day Celebration! www.nationaltrainday.com Theme:Why should everyone be stuck in traffic? With 101 construction to last over a decade, the obvious solution is waiting at the station. Ventura to Goleta commuter rail is needed NOW! Who: Rail Passengers Association of California & Nevada (RailPAC) Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) Alliance for…

  • Los Angeles Union Station 75th Anniversary event

    Report and PHOTOS by Robert Manning, Executive VP, RailPAC The combination National Train Day and 75th anniversary for LAUS was a success even though the temperature hit 91, which made for a very hot day. In spite of this thousands attended making it very hard to move about. The photo below shows the main waiting…

  • Rail Photos of the Month: April 2014

    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 jpeg rail photos to Russ Jackson, RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. 1. This is one of the new departure boards now installed at Los Angeles Union Station in the ongoing…

  • Why “Blending” High Speed and Conventional Rail is Important

    By Noel T. Braymer It’s expensive to build a new railroad. Even improvements to existing railroads aren’t cheap. Plus there are few places to build railroads today at any price, particularly in cities. As it is funding is always tight for any form of transportation construction. This is why is it often better to share…

  • eNewsletter for April 28, 2014

    Metro Board approves contract for Union Station regional rail improvements The Source Apr 24, 2014 As part of the consent calendar, the Metro Board of Directors unanimously approved Item 21, a $31-million contract for engineering work to extend regional rail tracks south from Union Station — so that trains don’t all have to enter and exit the…

  • May Day means Amtrak Day #1

    Commentary By Bruce Richardson, URPA Once again, for the 43rd time, here we are on May Day, the anniversary of the official day of Amtrak operations beginning on May 1, 1971. It was the day most of the still-operating passenger trains in the country disappeared, and the freight railroads breathed a sigh of relief because…