RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

Category: Commentary

  • Ventura – Santa Barbara “Commuter ” Service off to rocky start – the punctuality problem

    LOSSAN retimed the morning train (761) from LAUS to San Luis Obispo to make it a “commuter” train from Ventura County to Santa Barbara and Goleta.  (See Surfliner schedule effective 4.1.18). Various efforts were made to try and stop the last train to Goleta at Oxnard and start the morning train from there but none…

  • Amtrak determined to starve itself to death – Paul Dyson

    This is a brief posting as I am working on the next issue of Steel Wheels.  In the last two days Bob Johnston of Trains magazine has reported on Amtrak’s reduction of consists on the long distance trains.  RailPAC’s James Smith tells me that his daughter has been unable to reserve a seat on the…

  • High Speed Rail Still Supported by Californians

    While this post has already been widely circulated I think that it is worth repeating here, if for no other reason than as a historical marker.  It’s easy to be against something, especially a massive long term project, lacking in instant gratification.  Kudos to those Californians who understand the long term need for a modern…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for March 5, 2018

    Newsletter Edited by Noel T. Braymer Feel free to forward copies of this E-Newsletter to your friends or someone who can use this information. If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send your name and email address to nbraymer@xg1.b3e.myftpupload.com If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service- Join Us! Membership…

  • Electrolink Will be on the 2020 Ballot

    Funding for Metrolink regional rail electrification (#Electrolink for short) is going to be on the ballot in 2020 in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange Counties. And we only need 55% of the vote – so long as we do it in accordance with the recent state supreme court ruling reducing the threshold for citizen-sponsored referendums…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for February 26, 2018

    Edited by Noel T. Braymer Feel free to forward copies of this E-Newsletter to your friends or someone who can use this information. If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send me your name and email address to nbraymer@xg1.b3e.myftpupload.com If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service- Join Us! Membership…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for February 19, 2018

    Edited by Noel T. Braymer If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send me your name and email address to nbraymer@railpac.org If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service- Join RailPAC today! Membership increases our strength in presenting the case for rail to policymakers at all levels! This story and…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for February 12, 2018

    Edited by Noel T. Braymer If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send your name and email address to nbraymer@railpac.org If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service – Join RailPAC Today!   Membership increases our strength in presenting the case for rail to policymakers at all levels! This is the view…

  • Arturo Leonard Lloyd, Jr.

    May 21, 1925 – December 4, 2016 On Sunday, December 4, Arthur Lloyd left this world with dignity and grace, surrounded by his children, grandchildren and caregivers in the living room of his home in Menlo Park. He was a powerful presence in our lives even as a series of strokes diminished his ability to…

  • Bye Bye Joe; Welcome to Wick

    Here it is the first of September, 2016, and a new Amtrak era begins at the top of the ladder.  Wick Moorman, 64, until last year the CEO of the Norfolk Southern Railway and a 40 year career there, has taken the reins of the leaderless horse called Amtrak and been given a list of…