I attended the November 16, 2018 San Joaquin JPA Board Meeting in Merced. Here is a summary: Administrative items were approved including moving expense items from one budget account to another. The Board gave recognition… Read More »San Joaquin JPA Board Report November 16 – Doug Kerr
CHSRA Board Meeting November 15, 2018 Burbank While I was not able attend the recent Board meeting of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) I did view the video and as President of the Rail… Read More »High Speed Rail Board Comes to Burbank
Some of you may have received a post from Jim Mathews of RPA claiming a victory in the fight for the Southwest Chief. We urge caution and continued vigilance. Here’s a more realistic assessment from… Read More »Southwest Chief – Too Early to Claim Victory
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Don’t miss this year’s conference! We have over 60 people registered and it will be sure to be an interesting day. Coffee and light refreshments and registration/check in will be available from about 9.30am at… Read More »Steel Wheels Conference This Saturday 9/29/18 – Sacramento State Railroad Museum
This was our first attempt for many years to obtain legislative support for our position re the National Network interstate trains. It was heavily amended by Assembly staff and some of the stronger language removed. … Read More »RailPAC’s Senate Joint Resolution is Adopted by Both Houses
2018 has become a critical year for passenger rail in California. The threat to the interstate network trains, California Zephyr, Sunset Limited, Southwest Chief and Coast Starlight, puts them on the brink of fading into… Read More »Our Most Important RailPAC Steel Wheels Conference Ever
In this letter I tried to be polite, and not as hostile as I might have been. At about the same time as this was sent the New Jersey ARP wrote specifically calling for Anderson’s… Read More »Another unanswered letter – RailPAC to Amtrak Chair Coscia
Amtrak’s Route Accounting: Fatally Flawed, Misleading & Wrong August 23, 2018 The Rail Passengers Association (RPA) strongly believes that the ongoing debate concerning the future shape of Amtrak’s national network has been distorted by its… Read More »Amtrak’s Accounting – George Chilson
In their recent employee bulletin Amtrak management, (Anderson and crew) upped the ante by demanding over $100 million for the route of the Southwest Chief between Kansas and New Mexico, including “full PTC”. If you… Read More »Anderson and crew have it all wrong about Raton Pass
