Events

Central Coast Train Day rescheduled

July 18, 2009
10:00 amto12:00 pm

Same event, same train ride, different date! Reported by Dennis Story, RailPAC Director

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National TRAIN DAY

May 9, 2009

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RailPAC Annual Meeting and NARP Membership Meeting: “STEEL WHEELS IN CALIFORNIA”

May 2, 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009
9:15 Registration, Coffee; 10:15 Meeting starts in the MTA Board Room at Gateway Center, Los Angeles, located behind Union Station. laus-mta-building2
. . . PROGRAM INFORMATION and RESERVATION FORM . . .
Confirmed Speakers:
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Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman, (left), VP Brian Rosenwald, and VP Richard Phelps

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RailPAC Annual Meeting and NARP Region XII Meeting

April 19, 2008
10:00 amto3:00 pm

In The Stanford Room at the California State Rail Museum, Old Sacramento (west of the main museum building)
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PROGRAM INFORMATION and RESERVATION FORM
THIS EVENT IS NOW S O L D O U T!
Confirmed Speakers:
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  • Don Phillips, long time rail writer and special columnist for TRAINS Magazine! (Photo © 2008 TRAINS Magazine. Reprinted with permission of Kalmbach Publishing. All rights reserved)
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    RailPAC January Meeting in SLO

    January 19, 2008
    10:00 amto2:00 pm

    NEW INFORMATION 1/7/08 RailPAC President Paul Dyson says a big crowd is expected! Note that the meeting will end in time to take trains 11, 14, or 799 or some of the connecting buses!
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    Train798/799 at SLO station.

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    RailPAC September MEETING NOTICE

    September 15, 2007
    10:00 amto3:30 pm

  • 10:00 Board Meeting
  • 12:00 Lunch
  • 1:00 General Meeting

  • At the California State Rail Museum in the Museum Theater (use east “group” entrance), in Old Sacramento! Reserve your space NOW! Only a few days left to reserve! EVERYONE is welcome! And, it’s FREE! Our topic: “Running Trains WITHOUT Money!” A Presentation from Operation Lifesaver just added! See new parking information above! New 9/8/07
    Confirmed Speaker lineup of top California rail Leaders:
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    Kempton, Bronte, Skoropowski, Mortensen, Hutchison

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    Bay Bridge Closure- Labor Day Weekend (Followup)

    August 31, 2007 8:00 pmtoSeptember 4, 2007 4:00 am

    The Bay Bridge reopened at 6 PM on Monday, September 3, 11 hours ahead of schedule. Over the weekend BART carried a record number of passengers, became a rolling party with its overnight service, and other public transportation systems saw record numbers of riders! No major tieups were encountered. Congratulations to Caltrans for its $1 million campaign of information leading up to this event!

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    Bay Area Regional Rail Plan Workshops

    August 15, 2007 3:00 pmtoAugust 27, 2007 5:00 pm

    Dates and Times

    Track the Bay Area’s rail future by attending a public meeting near you on the Draft Regional Rail Plan

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    RailPAC Board Meeting

    April 28, 2007
    11:00 amto2:00 pm

    The RailPAC Board of Directors will have a business meeting on Saturday, April 28, in Oakland.

    RailPAC/NARP Joint Membership Meeting & Conference

    March 17, 2007
    10:00 amto4:00 pm

    Saturday, March 17, 2007 Gateway Center, MTA BOARD ROOM, 3rd Floor, the tall building east of Los Angeles Union Station platforms.laus-mta-building.jpg

    The Rail Passenger Association of California, the National Association of Railroad Passengers, and the Transit Coalition invite you to the biggest rail meeting of 2007!

    Amtrak President Alex Kummant (pictured, left, with RailPAC President Paul Dyson) is the Keynote Speaker at 10:30am.
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    The 11:30 session, “Amtrak & the Future” Andrew C. Selden (pictured) from URPA, Ross Capon from NARP, and Bill Bronte, Caltrans Rail Chief. RailPAC VP/NARP Director Art Lloyd is the moderator.
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    Lunch

    At 1:00 former Amtrak Board Vice Chairman Michael Dukakis

    Afternoon panels include “Southern California Regional Rail”, with RailPAC President Paul Dyson, and Mike McGinley, retired SP and Metrolink, moderated by Dennis Lytton, NARP Diector; “Transit Rail”, with Gerald Francis, Manager, LACMTA Rail, and Jerard Wright and Bart Reed from the Transit Coalition, moderated by James Smith, RailPAC VP; and “High Speed Rail Update” by Dan Leavitt, CAHSRA

    The RailPAC members’ business meeting will follow the afternoon session. Adjournment will be in honor of Byron Nordberg, RailPAC’s founding father.