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Featured Photos for 2003
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A Look Ahead At The Future Of California Passenger Rail Service
by Noel Braymer — In the short run, it is easy to get discouraged about the future of passenger rail service in this country. But each time I look at traffic on or read how unstable the oil supply in the world is, I know in the long run the future is bright. In California…
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Featured Photos, 2001-2002
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2002 RailPAC meeting report
Amtrak Coast Starlight Travelogue To The NARP Regional Meeting In Jack London Square, Oakland, California March 1 – 3, 2002 by Steve Grande of TrainWeb Here we are in L.A. Union Station waiting to start another journey on the Amtrak Coast Starlight! This journey will take us round trip to Jack London Square in Oakland,…
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Rail Photo of the Month, April 2001
UPRR Train Crosses Colorado River at Yuma The Colorado River bridges are just north of the Yuma station site, with the former U.S. Highway 80 two-lane bridge adjacent to Union Pacific’s single track railway bridge. At this point, somewhat unexpectedly to the casual map observer, California lies north of Arizona, with the historic prison on the…
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It Is Heard, 1999-04-11
(This is a correction to a prior post made on Nov 09, 1998.) I don’t know if I was aware of it at that time, but I have been aware for a few months now that the Amtrak Sunset Limited would not be able to stop at the current San Bernardino station if it was…
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1999: Future of Rail Service in Southern California
Meeting at The Old Spaghetti Factory Restaurant 110 East Santa Fe Avenue, Fullerton, California 92832 (Next to the Fullerton Amtrak Station) The following are links to photos that were taken at the January 23, 1999 RailPAC Meeting in Fullerton, California: [autonav display=/1999/fullerton] The Photo Set includes pictures of Calvary Chapel High School students boarding Bill…
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Southern California Rail Passenger Report for 1998
We thought it would be a good idea to give you an update on what’s been happening in the last year, what RailPAC has been doing. SAN JOAQUIN RAIL SERVICE: In March the State rail staff told the San Joaquin Rail Committee the promised 5th San Joaquin train, with direct rail service to Sacramento, wouild…
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November 14, 1998 RailPAC Meeting
The Speakers at the November 14, 1998 RailPAC meeting were Stacey Mortensen, Executive Director of the Altamont Commuter Express, and Bill Fleisher, Managing Director of the Amtrak Capitols Rail Service. The presentation given by Bill Fleisher of the Amtrak Capitols Rail Service was essentially the same as the presentation that I saw him give at…
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It Is Heard, 2008-11-08
Reliable sources from Amtrak West report that negotiations related to the Los Angeles to Las Vegas Talgo Train have run into difficulty and the earliest this services is expected to go into operation is in late 1999, but more likely in 2000. This extra Talgo equipment might be placed into service on the Amtrak San…