Month: March 2013
March Trip report with video to Riverside, Los Angeles and Santa Monica
Report by Noel T. Braymer What a way to celebrate my 61st birthday, but I’m still too young for a Metrolink senior discount....
Noel BraymerMarch 30, 2013
eNewsletter for March 25, 2013
Corbett reaches deal to pay to maintain Amtrak route to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review-Mar 21, 2013 Tom Corbett said the state will pay $3.8 million a year...
Noel BraymerMarch 29, 2013
Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (February, 2013)
By David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA For February 2013, once again we find Capitol Corridor’s monthly performance report to be a mixed...
Russ JacksonMarch 25, 2013
Report of the First Ever San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority
Report by Mike Barnbaum, Associate Director of the Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada, on Sunday 24 March 2013 The New San...
Russ JacksonMarch 25, 2013
Should High Speed Rail Share the Tehachapis?
Analysis by Noel T. Braymer The most expensive part of running any railroad is not above the rails but below the rails on...
Noel BraymerMarch 23, 2013
eNewsletter for March 13, 2013
Excerpt from the March 7, 2013 LOSSAN TAC Meeting Agenda. The Coast Starlight has maintained positive ridership growth since September 2011 including a significant...
Noel BraymerMarch 23, 2013
Passenger Trains Make Money
Report by Noel T. Braymer To often we hear in this county about how passenger trains lose money. The fact is many passengers...
Noel BraymerMarch 15, 2013
eNewsletter for March 11, 2013
SPRINTER Rail Service To Shut Down Due To Bad Brake Rotors KPBS- Mar 8, 2013 North County Transit District’s SPRINTER rail line, which...
Noel BraymerMarch 15, 2013
Speed and Ridership
Report by Noel T. Braymer In 1913 the airplane had only been invented ten years earlier. Few planes in 1913 could fly faster...
Noel BraymerMarch 8, 2013
eNewsletter for March 4, 2013
The report by the Brooking Institute that this story is based on concludes that Amtrak can make “money” by running corridor trains and...
Noel BraymerMarch 8, 2013