Report by Noel T. Braymer According to Amtrak’s 2011 Fiscal Year their NEC Passenger Trains grossed just over 1 billion dollars. Revenue that year was roughly split evenly between the Acela Trains and the conventional Northeast Regional Trains. In 2011 according to Amtrak the Acelas covered their fully allocated costs and had an operating profit…
By Paul Dyson President, Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada The LOSSAN Board met Monday 19th November in the wake of the unanimous decision by NCTD on Thursday 15th to reject the proposed Joint Powers Board. Some of the reasons: The expected $79,000 share of the cost to set up the agency, and, after…
Here are 5 photos taken by RailPAC photographers. Clic on the photo to see it full size! 1. The Coast Starlight in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon in October, 2012. Photo by Alexander Friedman. 2. The eastbound California Zephyr has arrived at Sacramento’s new platform on September 15, 2012. RailPAC in action: Two passengers found…
Report by Noel T. Braymer Los Angeles World Airports is the city agency which operates the airports owned by the City of Los Angeles including LAX. The LAWA also operates the Flyaway bus service which provides direct connections to LAX. The busiest Flyaway bus service is at Van Nuys where the LAWA has a satellite…
Report by Noel T. Braymer with Photos Nothing beats going out and riding the trains to see what is going on by finding problems and improvements of local rail service. It is the only way to get photos of what is going too. Well I got to bed early for me just after midnight planning…
By Noel T. Braymer Since 1996 with the creation of the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) it has had the dream to build the most sophisticated High Speed Rail service in the World with the highest running speed in California. Such a service would serve the largest cities in the State in less time…
Meeting notice from Gregory Taylor, Project Manager, Sacramento Valley Station Phase 2, Department of Public Works “The City of Sacramento is asking for help getting passengers to attend our workshop. We need patrons of the longer haul trains from the station – Coast Starlight, California Zephyr, and the San Joaquins. With the active participation of…