Month: March 2011
Metrolink CEO Kicks off Steel Wheel in California
On Saturday, March 19 Chair Richard Katz provided opening comments for the 4th Annual Steel Wheels in California conference hosted by RailPAC and...
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 30, 2011
Don Sepulveda joins Metro
Don Sepulveda has joined Metro has the Executive Officer – Regional Rail. Don will be leading the regional rail team in working...
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 30, 2011
Officials Tour Rail Line: San Jose to Soledad
On March 3, 2011, the Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) led a tour of the rail line from San Jose to Soledad....
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 28, 2011
Write the Governor: Re-allocating the Florida HSR Funds
We understand that the Federal Railroad Administration plans to re-allocate HSR funds that Florida has refused to accept. California is among the states...
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 28, 2011
Steel Wheels in California 2011 Presentations
As promised, we are providing the files presented on March 19, 2011 at Steel Wheels in California. Some files are large, so please...
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 25, 2011
Commentary on the March 19th RailPAC/NARP Annual Conference
By Noel T. Braymer
Noel BraymerMarch 24, 2011
HSR, Commuter Rail discussed at Steel Wheels in CA
Report by Dennis Lytton, RailPAC Director and NARP Council Representative Saturday I attended the joint meeting of RailPAC and NARP at the Los Angeles Metro...
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 23, 2011
Winter Trip Report: On the Texas Eagle-Sunset Limited
Photos and Comments by Russ Jackson On January 26 we boarded Texas Eagle train #21 at Ft. Worth and set out for a...
Russ JacksonMarch 19, 2011
Tracking Rail News: March 2011 (Grand finale)
Photos and Comments by Russ Jackson . . . Rail fans all over the country were chasing newly re-painted Amtrak P-42 locomotive 145...
Russ JacksonMarch 19, 2011
Our “Louisiana Purchase”?
Commentary by Paul Dyson, President Not quite, but a big step forward. I am of course writing about the acquisition of Los Angeles...
Jarrod DellaChiesaMarch 17, 2011