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	<title>Rail Passenger Association of California &#38; Nevada &#187; Issues</title>
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		<title>RailPAC writes Boxer regarding Passenger Rail Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/22/railpac-writes-boxer-regarding-passenger-rail-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
Fax to 202 224 0454
22 February, 2010
PASSENGER RAIL SAFETY
Dear Senator Boxer:
First of all may I commend you for your concern about passenger rail safety following the Chatsworth collision last year, and also for spending so much time at the Los Angeles USDOT conference last Friday.  We appreciate your interest in passenger rail.
We exchanged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The High Speed Rail Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/17/the-high-speed-rail-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Response to High-Speed rail system:  Leaders mull benefits, fears,  first published in the Burbank Leader on 2/13/10.
Commentary by Paul Dyson
It was great to see the Leader take a close look at the High Speed Rail project on Saturday 13th February.  This huge undertaking is described as the largest public works project in our history and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Coast Starlight China</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/12/more-on-the-coast-starlight-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/12/more-on-the-coast-starlight-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reported by Jarrod DellaChiesa, Website Editor and CSCN Project Coordinator
As reported a few days ago, the Coast Starlight is finally doing away with plastic dinnerware and synthetic tablecloths and is re-introducing full china service and linen.  This is exciting because passengers will once again receive a quality Dining Car experience.
Here are some additional details &#8230;

Train 14 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Starlight Re-introduces Real China and Linen</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/10/coast-starlight-re-introduces-real-china-and-linen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/10/coast-starlight-re-introduces-real-china-and-linen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official Amtrak Press Release
Elegant dinner service aims to improve customer satisfaction 
OAKLAND – Beginning today, real china, table linens and glassware are returning to Amtrak’s popular Coast Starlight long-distance train to provide an elegant dining experience for passengers and is the latest service change aimed at further improving customer satisfaction on the west coast route between Los  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connectivity Works for High Speed Rail Too</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/09/connectivity-works-for-high-speed-rail-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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Commentary by Paul Dyson
Our RailPAC/NARP meeting in Las Vegas last December revealed one important nugget.  Guest speaker, Desert Xpress (“DX”) CEO Tom Stone announced that the project team is planning to extend the Las Vegas &#8211; Victorville core route across the high desert to Palmdale where it will connect with the California High Speed Rail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amtrak&#8217;s Fleet Strategy Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/04/amtraks-fleet-strategy-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Amtrak released the Fleet Strategy Plan they promised was coming.
You can download the report here:  Amtrak Fleet Strategy &#8211; Feb 2010

RailPAC will be releasing an official response soon.
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		<title>RailPAC to CHSRA: Provide Value from 1st Investments</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/04/railpac-to-chsra-provide-value-from-the-first-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.railpac.org/2010/02/04/railpac-to-chsra-provide-value-from-the-first-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jdellachiesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We supported Proposition 1A and welcome the recently announced small down payment for High Speed Rail from the federal government.  We are, however, greatly concerned by the growing clamor of criticism from some key politicians as well as the public and even some rail advocacy groups.  It is extremely important that these first funds are judiciously spent so that they provide some immediate, tangible benefit to the traveling public as well as being a building block for the system as a whole.]]></description>
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		<title>RailPAC writes Senator Boxer re Amtrak Board</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/01/23/railpac-writes-senator-feinstein-re-amtrak-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.railpac.org/2010/01/23/railpac-writes-senator-feinstein-re-amtrak-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Barbara Boxer
Washington DC
Via Fax
22nd January, 2010
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATION ON AMTRAK BOARD
Dear Senator Boxer:
California needs and deserves a representative on the Amtrak Board of Directors.  At present there is no Amtrak Board member domiciled west of Illinois.  

Consider that:
The State of California pays Amtrak almost $100 million per year for the state rail program.
3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Meeting in Sacramento on January 16, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2010/01/18/great-meeting-in-sacramento-on-january-16-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.railpac.org/2010/01/18/great-meeting-in-sacramento-on-january-16-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nbraymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Report by Noel T. Braymer</strong>
<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2703" title="Full House in Sacramento " src="http://www.railpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/100_2876-300x225.jpg" alt="Full House in Sacramento " width="300" height="225" /><em><strong>A Full House in Sacramento</strong></em>

The underlying theme of most of the speakers at the RailPAC/NARP meeting was on the challenges ahead for the State’s Rail Passenger services with future ridership growth in the mist of the current economic problems.]]></description>
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		<title>Amtrak CEO Boardman replies to RailPAC re Surfliner problems</title>
		<link>http://www.railpac.org/2009/12/26/amtrak-ceo-boardman-replies-to-railpac-re-surfliner-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.railpac.org/2009/12/26/amtrak-ceo-boardman-replies-to-railpac-re-surfliner-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 17, 2009
Mr. Paul Dyson, President
Rail Passenger Association of California
1017 L Street PMB 217
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Paul:
Thank you for your letter of December 5,2009, regarding unacceptable service failures on the Pacific Surfliners. We are equally disappointed with the recent service failures on the Surfliner service. 

You know, as well as I, that we have higher [...]]]></description>
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