Year: 2013
eNewsletter for July 15, 2013
What is being proposed are elevated tubes 5 feet in diameter. In them a pressurized mag-lev pod weighing 400 pounds carrying 6 passengers...
Noel BraymerJuly 19, 2013
The Grim Prospects ahead for our Long Distance Trains
By Noel T. Braymer The recent court decision to throw out a part of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA) of...
Noel BraymerJuly 12, 2013
eNewsletter for July 8, 2013
Amtrak Barred From Rulemaking Power For Freight Railroad Bloomberg- Jul 3, 2013 The court threw out a law passed to enforce a requirement, dating to...
Noel BraymerJuly 12, 2013
Cheaper to go Over than Through the Mountains
By Noel T. Braymer Recently I was looking at a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) from 2009 for the Las...
Noel BraymerJuly 4, 2013
How to build California High Speed Rail While Making Almost Everyone Happy
By Noel T. Braymer The California High Speed Rail Authority put off decisions back at their June 7th Board meeting over the final...
Noel BraymerJuly 4, 2013
eNewsletter for July 1, 2013
L.A. County cities fight over Metro plans for new trains San Gabriel Valley Tribune Jun 21, 2013 The fight to see which parts...
Noel BraymerJuly 4, 2013
Comet Car Access problem? A RailPAC solution
RailPAC Opinion with PHOTOS, by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President As RailPAC’s e-mail newsletter Editor Noel Braymer has previously reported there is some discontent...
Russ JacksonJuly 1, 2013
How to Have More Rail Passengers
By Noel T. Braymer Simple: run more passenger trains faster, more often to more places. While you are at it also offer travel...
Noel BraymerJune 29, 2013
eNewsletter for June 24, 2013
Re: Rising Train Fares. With Metrolink’s board voting to increase the fares to ride on Metrolink Trains do you ever think we will...
Noel BraymerJune 29, 2013
2013 Steel Wheels Conference, October 5th
Joint RailPAC-NARP members meeting, Saturday, October 5, 2013 Port of San Francisco Community Room Pier 40 • Embarcadero, San Francisco 10:30 am-3:00 pm...
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