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Like it or Not, Here Comes California High Speed Rail

By Noel T. Braymer Despite numerous predictions of the imminent death of the California High Speed Rail Project it is still chugging along...

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eNewsletter for November 12, 2013

At the November 7th Board Meeting of the California High Speed Rail Authority in Sacramento the board approved the HSR route between Bakersfield...

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Our Biggest Problem is The Weather

By Noel T. Braymer It is now just over a year since Hurricane Sandy caused record breaking damage along the East Coast. There...

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eNewsletter for November 4, 2013

One thing that needs to be made clear; much of the funding recently approved for projects such as Caltrain electrification, run through tracks...

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Six RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (from October, 2013)

Here are this month’s 6 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are...

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Is It Time to Franchise the Long Distance Passenger Trains?

By Noel T. Braymer What’s the answer for America’s Long Distance Passenger Trains? Since W. Graham Claytor retired as Amtrak President in 1993...

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eNewsletter for October 28, 2013

This is the plan for overhauling Los Angeles Union Station just approved by the Board of LA Metro. The old pedestrian tunnel will...

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How To Build a New Railroad Without Federal Money

By Noel T. Braymer The most critical segment for decent passenger rail service in California is a new alignment between Los Angeles and...

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eNewsletter for October 21, 2013

Most of the hyperbole about the High Speed Rail program is driven by old fashion partisan politics rather than sound transportation policy. The...

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Passenger Trains and Buses Should Connect With Each Other

By Noel T. Braymer For years in the past the Greyhound Bus Company complained about how unfair it was that as a private...