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San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee April Meeting Report
Reported by Mike Barnbaum, RailPAC Associate Director The San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee met at the California State Building on the Mariposa Mall in Fresno for their latest meeting on April 28, 2011. 1. Food Tasting With a delightful change of pace from usual meeting procedure, Chairman John Pedrozo arranged for the presentation and tasting…
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CAHSRA Meeting Report
“Linking the California High Speed Rail Segments in the North State” – May 5, 2011 Reported by Bill Kerby, RailPAC Treasurer The California High Speed Rail Authority met May fifth to receive reports and approve consultant reports for further plans on building four segments of the line from San Francisco to Bakersfield and to approve a…
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National Train Day in California
Celebrations of National Train Day in California will take place in many locations. This year is the 40th anniversary of the founding of Amtrak. For a list of what will happen this Saturday, May 7, 2011, see: www.nationaltrainday.com/events/other/?st=CA
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Sacramento April 28 kick-off event for track relocation and redevelopment of brownfield real estate
Movement on the Sacramento Railyards Project Report, Comments, and Photos by Bill Kerby, RailPAC Treasurer, and Marcia Johnston, RailPAC Director. “Begun!” With this message, dignitaries and the air horn of the California State Railroad Museum’s passenger locomotive ex-Southern Pacific #6051, which operated out of Los Angeles in its active days on the Sunset Limited and…
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Metrolink CEO Kicks off Steel Wheel in California
On Saturday, March 19 Chair Richard Katz provided opening comments for the 4th Annual Steel Wheels in California conference hosted by RailPAC and NARP. Over 200 rail professionals gathered in the L.A. Metro board room for a conference providing information and education to “opinion formers and decision makers” and grass roots supporters of the rail industry. Chairman Katz…
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Officials Tour Rail Line: San Jose to Soledad
On March 3, 2011, the Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) led a tour of the rail line from San Jose to Soledad. Elected officials, agency staff and other interested persons rode the Amtrak Coast Starlight from San Jose to Soledad, with a stop in Salinas. Dave Potter, Monterey County District 1 supervisor and Chair…
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Steel Wheels in California 2011 Presentations
As promised, we are providing the files presented on March 19, 2011 at Steel Wheels in California. Some files are large, so please be patient.
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HSR, Commuter Rail discussed at Steel Wheels in CA
Report by Dennis Lytton, RailPAC Director and NARP Council Representative Saturday I attended the joint meeting of RailPAC and NARP at the Los Angeles Metro headquarters building at [Los Angeles] Union Station. The day of presentations included updates from Metrolink’s CEO on future plans including express service to start in May and PTC implementation. Californians for High Speed…
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Winter Trip Report: On the Texas Eagle-Sunset Limited
Photos and Comments by Russ Jackson On January 26 we boarded Texas Eagle train #21 at Ft. Worth and set out for a ten day winter round trip vacation back in California. This report is divided into specific train items, rather than day-to-day train operating reports. Amtrak. A trip report always considers the food service,…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
February 7, 2011 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director