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New California rail PHOTOS
Photos from Southern California include the LA Gold Line, Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Santa Barbara. Posted mid-June, 2007. A Los Angeles Gold Line train is at the Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park station. Notice the “transit oriented development” condos adjacent to this station. (Noel Braymer photo) Quad gates at this Heritage Park station intersection provide increased safety…
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A TALE OF 3 SUNSET LIMITED FLAG STOP “STATIONS” and a very late train!
PART 1: Benson, AZ, and Lordsburg, NM PHOTOS and Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC Sunset Limited on time performance has fallen back to 18.5% since Oct. 1 (The Coast Starlight is up to 19.9%), 2006. Another major problem for Amtrak train #2 happened on May 3, 2007, when the eastbound Sunset Limited, was 12 PLUS…
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SUNSET LIMITED FLAG STOP “STATIONS” continued
PART 2: Deming, NM, PHOTOS and Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC In Part 1 we showed what passengers can expect at Benson, Arizona, and Lordsburg, New Mexico, when they choose those stations as their destination on Amtrak train #2, the Sunset Limited. After departing Lordsburg, another hour later #2 arrives at Deming. To get to…
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A BUSY SATURDAY HALF HOUR AT THE DAVIS AMTRAK STATION
A PHOTO report by Russ Jackson, RailPAC What happened to trains 733, 6, and 724 that morning? 10:55 AM Saturday, May 12, 2007. Amtrak Thruway bus arrives at the Davis station bringing transfer passengers from Stockton who rode the San Joaquin train. This is the scheduled time of arrival of Capitol train 733 from Sacramento.…
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Train PHOTOS of the Month
Three (3) For the month of May, 2007 The California Zephyr, the San Joaquin, and the Sunset Limited! 1. The California Zephyr, Amtrak train #6, proudly waits to depart from the Sacramento train station on April 3, 2007. While timekeeping for the Zephyr (0% endpoint on time since October 1, 2006) has been a major…
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Rail PHOTOS of the Month
For April, see FOUR new photos from Roseville, CA, the Los Angeles Gold Line, and Texas! All photos by RailPAC’s Russ Jackson. Amtrak train #6, the California Zephyr, arrives at the Roseville station platform, located at the East end of the UP’s Roseville yard, on March 24. While the UP was rebuilding the bridge damaged…
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RailPAC/NARP March Conference report 1 (of 5): The Opening Session
The Rail Conference on March 17, 2007, was held in the Los Angeles MTA Building auditorium, sponsored by the Rail Passenger Association of California, the National Railroad Passenger Association, and the Transit Coalition. All Reports and PHOTOS by Russ Jackson. This report covers the Opening session, and the Annual Meeting and election of officers and…
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RailPAC/NARP March Conference report 2: Alex Kummant
This report covers the speech and question time of Amtrak President, Alex Kummant. (PHOTO) Mr. Kummant was introduced by RailPAC President, Paul Dyson, who met with Mr. Kummant in his DC office in October, where Paul extended an invitation to speak to this session, and “Alex agreed to come.” (NOTE: A Noel Braymer video of…
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RailPAC/NARP March Conference report 3: Bronte and Capon
This report covers the presentations by William Bronte and Ross Capon from the morning session following Mr. Kummant. Andrew C. Selden’s presentation is in the next report. RailPAC VP North, Art Lloyd, moderated the session. In the PHOTO below, left to right, Mr. Lloyd is at the podium, with NARP Executive Director Ross Capon, Minnesota…
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RailPAC/NARP March Conference report 4: Selden
This report covers the presentation by Andrew C. Selden, representing the United Rail Passenger Alliance. He is President of the Minnesota Rail Passenger Association, and an author of many articles on rail passenger policy and theory. He was a finalist candidate to be CEO of Amtrak in 1998. In 1986 he was described by the…