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  • Featured Photos for 2007

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  • Funding For Rail Expansion In California – Grade Separation Projects

    RailPAC Policy Initiative Grade Separation Funding – RailPAC’s view. RailPAC is concerned that a disproportionate amount of passenger rail funds is spent on grade separation projects.  We believe that the State of California does not spend nearly enough on this important aspect of public safety.  However, we need a new funding formula and mechanism to…

  • LOSSAN and the Coast Route – A Plan for 2008 and Beyond

    A policy idea presented for discussion and comment.20th February, 2007 From: Paul Dyson, President, RailPAC. Summary: The current standard of service is unacceptable and is not good use of taxpayer funds.

  • Andrew Selden Addresses Joint RailPAC/NARP meeting

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  • Amtrak President Kummant Addresses Joint RailPAC/NARP meeting

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  • Capitol Corridor riding high

    15 years of clean comfortable trips leave most passengers satisfied as commuter line marks anniversary. — San Francisco Chronicle, 13 December 2006. Fifteen years ago, Amtrak and Caltrans began a new passenger train service connecting the Bay Area and Sacramento with three round-trip trains a day. The Capitol Corridor trains quickly drew standing-room crowds on…

  • Trains, Trolleys finally hook up

    from the Sacramento Bee, 8 December 2006. For two decades, Sacramento’s light-rail system has been running on its own loop, unconnected to the greater train-travel world. Until today.

  • Our new site

    We are pleased to announce that our new web page will be more up-to-date than ever, and more useful as well. You will find all the previous content here, with the exception of the older meeting reports; those are all still at the archived 2006 site. We hope to move those remaining articles here within…

  • January 2007 Rail Pictures of the Month

    Here are this month’s four California Rail Pictures of the Month. Note: Previous California Rail Pictures of the Month have been reactivated and are temporarily archived at our Gallery. December was a busy month at the Sacramento Valley Rail Station. In addition to the daily comings and goings of passengers, the Sacramento RT dedicated its…

  • Looking ahead with delight

    Editorial by Noel Braymer To get a good idea what improvements we in California can expect in the near future, the best place to look is at is the current CALIFORNIA STATE RAIL PLAN prepared by Caltrans Division of Rail. You can study the entire document on line at the Caltrans web page at www.dot.ca.gov/rail/go/dor/division-of-railreports…