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Year: 2008

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RailPAC President responds to LA Times article

RAIL PASSENGER ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA 1017 L Street PMB 217, Sacramento, CA 95814    www.railpac.org  Danger in “Signal Gaps”? Your article today about signal gaps...

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RailPAC President’s Message

 RAIL PASSENGER ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA  1017 L Street PMB 217, Sacramento, CA 95814  New Year message from Paul Dyson, RailPAC President:    I think it’s...

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Rail Photos for Christmas

From Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Dallas-Ft. Worth Texas, and California.   Comments by Russ Jackson, RailPAC Secretary-Emeritus.   Photos by contibuting photographers with...

Reports

Placer County Transportation report

Reported by Chuck Robuck, CC Riders President, RailPAC Member from Auburn FYI, I attended this meeting as a CC Rider rep and wanted...

Reports

CA Corridors November stats

Reported by Gene Skoropowski In spite of the big Thanksgiving weekend travel surge, ridership growth for November 2008 in all of California was...

Issues

Metrolink Weekend Schedule

RailPAC Letter from President Paul Dyson December 4, 2008 Supervisor Mike Antonovich The Hon. Ara Najarian Mayor of the City of Glendale, California...

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Tracking the News: December 2008

. . . PHOTOS and Commentary by Russ Jackson . . . December, 2008. Dare I say “what a month” again? What else...

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What is Next for Amtrak?

Editorial by Noel T. Braymer Amtrak was created by politics and remains a child of politics. The recent resignation of Amtrak President Kummant...

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So what about the San Fernando Valley?

By Noel T. Braymer Proposition R raises the sale tax another half cent in Los Angeles County. This money will be used to...

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Tracking the News: November 2008

Commentary and Photos by Russ Jackson NOTE: This column first appeared in the November, 2008, issue of the Western Rail Passenger Review. Tracking...