RailPAC is a statewide membership organization working for the expansion and improvement of rail passenger service within the states of California and Nevada.
Frequent updates, rail news, commentary, meeting notices, and PHOTOS! To read the articles scroll down. See RailPAC information/membership/category page links in the left column.
The RailPAC membership brochure is shown above (left) with the latest California timetables, all available at train stations statewide.
Commentary by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President
Agreement uses Coaster train set on weekends to relieve two of the busiest beach and race track trains.
By Gene Skoropowski, Capitol Corridor Managing Director
The ridership and revenue numbers continue to be VERY GOOD across the board in California, and indeed across the nation. The June 2008 Capitol Corridor statistics from Amtrak are an all-time high for the month of June, as are the stats on the state’s other two intercity passenger corridors, with the San Joaquins sustaining last month’s big leap upward in ridership.
Commentary by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President
Overcrowded Trains? No New Cars Available? Time to Use our Brains!
Los Angeles Union Station
Join RailPAC President Paul Dyson, VP South James Smith, and others for an informal discussion of current issues relating to passenger rail! Look for us in the main waiting room, between the newsstand and the bagel shop.
Editorial By Noel T. Braymer
The truth is the Airline Industry has never been profitable. While some airlines have made money some years, as a whole the industry loses money more often than it makes money. The recent spike in fuel costs has placed the Airline Industry into a tailspin. Several airlines have or are on the verge of going out of business. Almost all airlines are cutting back service, laying off employees and taking planes out of service. The result will be higher prices for travelers, fewer places people can fly too and more cites that will lose air service. The places that will be most affected will be the smaller cites that are losing the most air service and places dependent on vacation travel such as Orlando or Las Vegas. Â
30th June, 2008
Mr. William Kempton
Director, California Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 942873, Sacramento, CA 94273-0001
Before the re-launch
After the re-launch
But, what’s NOT there?
COAST RAIL COORDINATING COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE –
Meeting, June 20, 2008
Santa Barbara
Reported by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President
Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director
The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board met in Suisun City Hall on June 18, 2008.
Return of the drumhead to a passenger train!
Photo report by Dennis Lytton
