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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (July, 2014)
By David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Service Performance Overview For the fourth consecutive month, ridership increased on the Capitol Corridor over the corresponding month in 2013. A total of 119,425 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains in July 2014, representing a 2.8% increase compared to July 2013. Revenue for July 2014…
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RailPAC rail PHOTOS of the month (July, 2014)
Here are this month’s photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to Russ Jackson, RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. 1. This is a segment of the new elevated path from the Bob Hope Burbank Airport train station and…
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Amtrak, the states, and the future of the short distance trains
MinnARP President’s Column; Commentary by Andrew Selden NOTE: Mr. Selden has been a frequent speaker at RailPAC Conferences The long, suffocating death-grip that Amtrak has had over America’s intercity passenger rail service for the last 40 years may be starting to come undone. The agent of change driving this potential revolution is frustration among the…
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The Southwest Chief: a “Rose-y” mid-summer update
Report and Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC Opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the RailPAC Board Here it is mid-summer, 2014, and no final decisions have been made about the future of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief; whether it will continue to run on its historic route west of Newton, Kansas…
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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (June, 2014)
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Service Performance Overview For the third consecutive month, ridership increased on the Capitol Corridor over 2013. In June 2014, a total of 116,605 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains, representing a 1.7% increase compared to June 2013. Revenues continue to be above prior year-month…
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Sunset Limited in jeopardy is serious business: Part 1, Comments by RailPAC member Steve Roberts
I wanted to emphasize that the comments made by Russ Jackson and Paul Dyson on the seriousness of the Sunset Ltd. amendment are not overstated. (Note: See their commentaries also on railpac.org) The whole long-distance network is at risk. Also this is a battle unlike any we have seen in the past for the following…
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Sunset Limited in jeopardy is serious business: Part 2, Comments from the Texas Rail Advocates
NOTE: Reprinted with permission of Peter LeCody and the TRA, from their website: www.Texasrailadvocates.org (Washington) In a last minute voice vote on the House appropriations bill for transportation, Texas Representative Pete Sessions (R-District 33-Dallas) succeeded in his efforts to kill an Amtrak route that has been a financial target of the long distance trains. This…
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RailPAC rail PHOTOS of the month (June, 2014)
Here are this month’s photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpeg rail photos to Russ Jackson, RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. 1. Amtrak Surfliner train departing the current Anaheim station on June 27 with “historic” locomotive 156. (Noel Braymer photo)…
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The Sunset Limited and Food & Beverage service are threatened by House amendments
Commentary by Paul Dyson President, Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada House amendments to kill the Sunset and remove food service will accelerate the demise of the Superliner network. This is not a drill!
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Tuesday was not a good day for the Sunset Limited
Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC, Dallas All passenger rail advocates know Amtrak’s Sunset Limited travels between New Orleans and Los Angeles three times a week in each direction. Many of us ride it. We all know that these trains run with full cars most of the route and that not everyone rides the full distance.…