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View/download presentations from Nov. 18, 2023 RailPAC annual meeting.
California High Speed Rail Authority, California High-Speed Rail Project and Construction Update Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, updates on projects and service improvements including integrated ticketing DB, “Net-Zero emissions in Rail & North Americas Cost Problem”
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Steel Wheels 3rd Quarter 2023 issue available online
The 3rd Quarter 2023 issue of RailPAC’s magazine Steel Wheels can be downloaded by clicking here. In this issue: Reader comments on this issue: From RailPAC member Jim Gerstley, comments on Steel Wheels 3Q23 Re: ADA accommodation On trains such as the single level long distance with chair and Viewliner sleepers: A] One idea is…
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Steel Wheels 2nd Quarter 2023 issue available online
The 2nd Quarter 2023 of RailPAC’s magazine Steel Wheels can be downloaded by clicking here. In this issue:
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RailPAC submits comment letter on draft 2023 California State Rail Plan
RailPAC’s 68-page comment letter on the draft 2023 California State Rail Plan can be downloaded here. Click here for the Caltrans California State Rail Plan webpage, where the draft 2023 plan can be downloaded.
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RailPAC sends letter to California Air Resources Board about proposed In-Use Locomotive Regulation
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Passenger Rail to the Imperial Valley
[also published in 3rd Quarter 2022 issue of Steel Wheels] Brian YanityVice President-South, RailPAC (photos by the author unless otherwise noted) (background map: OpenStreetMap.org, annotations by author) An exciting prospect for new passenger rail in Southern California is an Imperial Valley extension to the Coachella Valley Rail passenger service, currently under development. As currently proposed,…
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RailPAC submits comment letter to U.S. DOT on supply chain and freight issues
The majority of intercity and regional/commuter passenger rail service in the U.S. is on tracks shared with freight trains. Therefore, sufficient capacity, safety and reliability of the nation’s freight rail system is vital to the interest of rail passengers. These two different uses of railroad infrastructure need not be in conflict. Both passenger and freight…
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RailPAC submits letter to California State Senate Committee on Transportation on Appropriation of Proposition 1A Funds to the CHSRA
California State Senate Committee on TransportationState Capitol, Room 2209Sacramento, CA 95814 March 30, 2021 RE: Appropriation of Proposition 1A Funds to the CHSRA Good Day. My name is Steve Roberts and I am President of the Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada (RailPAC). I want to thank you for the opportunity to view and…
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RailPAC submits comment to California Senate Transportation Committee & Senate Budget Sub-Committee #5, Joint Informational Hearing on High Speed Rail
March 15, 2021 California State Senate Sub-Committee #5 -TransportationState Capitol, Room 5019Sacramento, CA 95814 Chairs Gonzalez, Durazo and Sub-Committee Members: After review of the California High Speed Rail Authority Revised Draft 2020 California Business Plan,the Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada (RailPAC) recommends that the Revised 2020 Business Plan be adopted. RailPAC also supports…
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Steel Wheels, 1st Quarter 2021 issue available online
Download the pdf of Steel Wheels, 1st Quarter 2021 by clicking here. In this issue: San Diego County rail improvements Public transportation in a post-pandemic world Prospects for future LA-Phoenix passenger rail Letter to California High Speed Rail Authority Arizona rail news Russ Jackson commentary on state of U.S. passenger rail in 2021 Andrew Seldon…