Month: May 2007

11 Articles
Issues

RailPAC Position Statement

Adopted by the membership at the March 17 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles Whereas RailPAC since its inception has been a supporter both...

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A TALE OF 3 SUNSET LIMITED FLAG STOP “STATIONS” and a very late train!

PART 1: Benson, AZ, and Lordsburg, NM PHOTOS and Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC Sunset Limited on time performance has fallen back to...

[Commentary]

SUNSET LIMITED FLAG STOP “STATIONS” continued

PART 2: Deming, NM, PHOTOS and Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC In Part 1 we showed what passengers can expect at Benson, Arizona,...

[Commentary]Reports

High Speed Rail Authority Adopts Phase 1: Anaheim to “the Bay Area”

Meeting Report and Commentary, May 23, 2007 By Russ Jackson, RailPAC The California High Speed Rail Authority, with four RailPAC members in attendance,...

Reports

Message to RailPAC Members

from Paul Dyson, RailPAC President Dear RailPAC members and supporters: After the enthusiastic response to our March 17 meeting in Los Angeles, the...

[Commentary]

The Salinas station has a big future!

Letter to the Daily Californian from Chris Flescher, RailPAC Associate Director, Salinas To Dave Nordstrand: I read your article (May 19, 2007) about...

Reports

BULLETIN: Caltrans request for new cars is BACK IN THE BUDGET!

Reported by Marcia Johnston, RailPAC Director Some news from the State budget analyst: “The May CA State Budget Revision, released today, also proposes...

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A BUSY SATURDAY HALF HOUR AT THE DAVIS AMTRAK STATION

A PHOTO report by Russ Jackson, RailPAC What happened to trains 733, 6, and 724 that morning? 10:55 AM Saturday, May 12, 2007....

Reports

San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee TAC sees mockup of new Cafe cars (Revised)

Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director NOTE: Since the original publication of this report new information has been made available to this writer...

Reports

April results for the 3 California corridor trains

Reported by Gene Skoropowski, Managing Director, Capitol Corridor JPA We received the April 2007 results for ridership and revenue. While California ridership remains...