Category: Events

  • 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference in Texas, April 2024

    The 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference will be held April 15-16, 2024 at the Hurst Conference Center, Hurst, Texas in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. More information including registration can be found by clicking here.

  • Please join us November 18 for RailPAC Annual Meeting

    RailPAC Annual Meeting When: Saturday November 18th Time: 12 Noon – 4:00 PM Venue: Zoom – Zoom invitation sent to you after a spot is reserved Registration; Eventbrite:  http://railpac2023.eventbrite.com/      “Reserve a Spot” tab will allow registration Cost: Free Guest Speakers: Alice Rodriquez, Deputy Director External Affairs, CA High Speed Rail Authority Jim Allison, Manager…

  • Central Coast Railroad Festival set for October 7-9, 2022

    The 12th Central Coast Railroad Festival is set for October 7-9, 2022. Many events will be held at multiple venues around the Central Coast. For more information, click here. The Festival is designed to attract the attention of avid and casual rail fans as well as curious folks from across the Western United States. It…

  • RailPAC Annual Meeting 2020

        The annual meeting of the Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada (RailPAC) for 2020 will be held on Saturday Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. Our keynote speaker is Dan Leavitt, Manager of Regional Initiatives for San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission. He will talk about Valley Rail, a major commuter and intercity rail program in…

  • RailPAC Annual Meeting to be held November 14

    More details will be posted soon on this website…

  • RailPAC presentation to Amtrak’s Rick Peterson

    On Wednesday September 2nd, a group of former colleagues gathered to join RailPAC’s Vice President, South, Paul Dyson, Vice President Long Distance Trains James Smith, and RailPAC member Mark Ehrhardt to commemorate Rick Peterson’s retirement.  Rick’s career at Amtrak spanned 44 years, but he is best known for his work in establishing and managing the…

  • Fullerton hosts the 2019 Steel Wheel Conference of the Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada (RailPAC)

    [This post was originally published as an article in the Mid October 2019 edition of the Fullerton Observer newspaper] On September 28th, 2019, over 50 rail transportation advocates from around the state gathered for the annual 2019 Steel Wheels Conference of the Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada (RailPAC) at the Fullerton Old Spaghetti…

  • 2020 Steel Wheels Conference – UPDATE

    This year’s Steel Wheel Conference will be held on Saturday, September 12th at the California State Railroad Museum in Old Town, Sacramento. SAVE THE DATE!! Details to follow.

  • RailPAC Members Meeting – Fullerton – September 28, 2019

    SAVE THE DATE The 2019 RailPAC members meeting and Steel Wheels Conference will be held on Saturday, 28th September at the Old Spaghetti Factory adjacent to Fullerton Station. Keynote speaker will be Jennifer Bergener, Managing Director, LOSSAN who will talk about the real world challenges of passenger rail. Other speakers to be announced. Online registration…

  • Steel Wheels Conference Sacramento September 29

    If you want to help RailPAC preserve and expand the National Network of passenger trains, and grow the regional services in California you should attend this important event.  Registration is open at eventbrite.com. railpac2018.eventbrite.com The event will be held at the California State Railroad Museum from 10.00am and we have a number of experts who…