16th January, 2009, Mr. Joseph H. Boardman, President and Chief Executive Officer, NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Re:  Amtrak Rolling Stock Investment Plans.          Dear Mr. Boardman:  As you take up your new duties as President of Amtrak, albeit so far on temporary assignment, we’d like to draw your attention to some distressing tendencies in Amtrak policy over recent years.

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Metrolink Weekend Schedule   December 5th, 2008

RailPAC Letter from President Paul Dyson

December 4, 2008

Supervisor Mike Antonovich

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“COAST,” the COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
Meeting Report for March 1, 2008, in Santa Barbara
dukeanddenniscrop.jpgCOAST is a Santa Barbara County regional organization promoting environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable transportation and reduced dependency on automobiles. The following report is from the COAST newsletter. RailPAC Director, Dennis Story, (shown with Gov. Dukakis) is a COAST member

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Further communication from the RailPAC President to the Amtrak President NOTE: Full restoration of service for trains 11/14 is anticipated for March 3, but LIKELY will be much later. Also see “Partial restoration” article below.

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NOTE: The original letter from Mr. Dyson, letters of support, and Mr. Kummant’s reply appear as separate posts below on this site.
January 29, 2008
Mr. Alex Kummant
President and CEO

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NOTE: The original letter from Mr. Dyson appears in the next post below this one.

January 28, 2008
Mr. Paul J. Dyson
President
Rail Passenger Association of California

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Amtrak must reverse its decision to cancel the train during the Oregon washout!
A letter to Amtrak President Alex Kummant from RailPAC President Paul Dyson

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The following letters have been written in support of RailPAC’s position of opposing Amtrak’s outright cancellation of the Coast Starlight because of the landslide in Oregon. (1) to Senator Boxer (2) from LOSSAN Corridor (3) from SBCAG As other letters are received we will add them here.

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By Paul Dyson, RailPAC President, and Member Burbank City Transportation Commission
I’m very proud to report that Burbank and RailPAC are
leading the fight to get the ADA station platform
heights ruling nullified.

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Restoring more of the time taken away while the Union Pacific did maintenance of way projects in Nevada.
12DEC07
SCHEDULE CHANGE, JANUARY 21, 2008
CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR: TR 5 ARRIVES EMY (Emeryville) 610P, 1 HR 15 MIN
EARLIER. TRAIN 6 CHANGES ARE MINIMAL.
Information from Amtrak, courtesy Ed von Nordeck.

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