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RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (March, 2013)
Here are 5 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page each month are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected] 1. Riverside, CA, station on March 22, 2013. A long BNSF container train is on the double tracks in the…
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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (February, 2013)
By David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA For February 2013, once again we find Capitol Corridor’s monthly performance report to be a mixed bag of results. Ridership in the month of February was 8.2% below February 2011 and revenue was down 2.7%. On a positive note, on-time performance (OTP) was 97%, the best in the…
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Report of the First Ever San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority
Report by Mike Barnbaum, Associate Director of the Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada, on Sunday 24 March 2013 The New San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority, created by legislation from Cathleen Galgiani (AB 1779) and signed into law by Governor Edmund G. Jerry Brown on September 29, 2012, held its first meeting on March…
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San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting report
Report by Bruce Jenkins I attended the SJVRC Meeting on Thursday, 2/28 in Fresno. Some of the more important items are as follows: Caltrans Division of Rail Chief, Bill Bronte reported : a) The San Joaquin trains are sporting a 64.5% Fare Box Recovery, the highest in the country. b) On Time Performance for February,…
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RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (February, 2013)
Here are 5 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to thia page each month are welcome. Send your jpeg photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected] 1. San Diego’s Santa Fe depot. Amtrak passengers must wait until this locked gate is opened before boarding trains. This makes…
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The Coast Starlight and the Coast Line are Just Coasting
Report and Commentary by Russ Jackson Amtrak’s Coast Starlight still travels daily between Los Angeles and Seattle. Should we take it for granted? Well, let’s look at its performance lately. From Amtrak’s December 2012 Performance Report, now posted on Amtrak.com, we know the train’s end-point “on time performance” (OTP) for the fiscal year since October…
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Rail PHOTOS of the Month (January, 2013)
Here are 5 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on the photo to see it full size! 1. Looking out the rear window of a Superliner car can bring some great views. Here the Coast Starlight, Train 14, is departing the Chemult, Oregon station. (Photo by Alex Friedman) 2. Passengers are boarding the eastbound California Zephyr…
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A Business Analysis of the San Diego Metroliners
By Andrew C. Selden NOTE: This article appeared as the first article in the first issue of the “RailPAC Quarterly Review,” in September, 1984. What Mr. Selden said then bears close resemblance to the situation facing the Amtrak “experiment” with a morning limited stop train on the same corridor in 2013. Mr. Selden is President…
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Preserve the Railyards “Depot” site for an Intermodal District and Build Affordable Rental Units in the Railyards
Commentary By Chuck Robuck, RailPAC Director, Sacramento, and former President, CC Riders In the past, the City of Sacramento has proposed building BOTH an Arena and an Intermodal Transit Facility on the City-owned 13-acre parcel near the Historic Train Depot (AKA the “Depot” site). There is clearly not enough space on this site to accommodate…
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RailPAC: Who and what are we?
By Russ Jackson, Marcus Jung and William Kerby Just what is RailPAC all about? We are frequently asked. Since the late 1970’s when the group was founded as “Citizens for Rail California, Inc.,” which is our legal corporate name, and in 1984 adopted the dba name Rail Passenger Association of California, here is what we are…