Issues
Pacific Parlour Car Temporary Withdrawal
A well-informed source has told RailPAC that Pacific Parlour Car service will be missing from the Coast Starlight in the coming weeks because...
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PTC: “It ain’t over till it’s over”
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has released H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and...
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HSR at Burbank City Council meeting – 10/27/15 6 PM
Tuesday, October 26 at 6.00 pm there will be a joint meeting of Burbank City Council and the City Transportation Commission. High Speed...
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Comet Car Access problem? A RailPAC solution.
First Published June 2013 As Noel Braymer has previously reported there is some discontent on the part of the San Joaquin rail board...
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Metrolink to Withdraw Cab Cars from Service
Yesterday evening the Board of SCRRA (Metrolink) held a closed session meeting described as pursuant to public safety threat (or words to that...
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States for Passenger Rail Coalition Comments on Indiana’s Decision to Stop Sponsoring the Hoosier State
Portland, ME – March 6, 2015 – “It is a sad day when the federal agency which administers federal funding for Amtrak, and...
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Amtrak Statement in Response to the Hoosier Announcement
Indiana is fighting back against the FRA ruling, which is excellent news. The whole idea of the ruling is ridiculous. If a State...
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Amtrak Long Distance News in the New Year … the good, some bad, and the expected “ugly”
Let’s start with the ugly status of the Dining car removal from the Silver Star train, since it’s the hottest news. On January...