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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (May, 2014)
Report from David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Service Performance Overview May 2014 was the second consecutive month of ridership increases for the Capitol Corridor compared to prior year-month results. While the increase was subtle [+0.4%], the 128,245 passengers that rode Capitol Corridor trains in May 2014 was the highest monthly…
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Rail Photos of the Month: May 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]. THIS MONTH WE ARE SHOWING TEN (10!!) PHOTOS, including Art Lloyd’s honor by RailPAC; Train Day at LAUS, Santa…
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RailPAC member rides the Silver Star
Trip Report and PHOTOS by Anthony Lee, RailPAC Associate Director After spending a couple of days at the Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center at Disney World as well as Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, I decided to take the Amtrak’s Sliver Service Silver Star instead of driving home. This is my first time riding the…
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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (April, 2014)
from David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Service Performance Overview For April 2014, both ridership and revenue for the Capitol Corridor were above last year’s April results, with 3.2% and 1.5% growth respectively. Capitol Corridor trains carried a total of 126,831 passengers in April, 2014, with revenues of $2.44 million. The…
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Los Angeles Union Station 75th Anniversary event
Report and PHOTOS by Robert Manning, Executive VP, RailPAC The combination National Train Day and 75th anniversary for LAUS was a success even though the temperature hit 91, which made for a very hot day. In spite of this thousands attended making it very hard to move about. The photo below shows the main waiting…
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Rail Photos of the Month: April 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. This is one of the new departure boards now installed at Los Angeles Union Station in the ongoing…
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May Day means Amtrak Day #1
Commentary By Bruce Richardson, URPA Once again, for the 43rd time, here we are on May Day, the anniversary of the official day of Amtrak operations beginning on May 1, 1971. It was the day most of the still-operating passenger trains in the country disappeared, and the freight railroads breathed a sigh of relief because…
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Capitol Corridor Monthly Report (March, 2014)
David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Service Performance Overview In March 2014, both ridership and revenue for the Capitol Corridor were below last year’s March- results by 1.7% and 3.5% respectively. A total of 118,518 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains in March 2014. The ridership decrease was primarily due to the…
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A trip on the Eagle-Sunset to Tucson, a joyful experience of surprises
Report and Photos by Russ Jackson, RailPAC Associate Director Tower 55 Ft. Worth TX. No BNSF trains waiting to cross, no UP traffic moving across it? No problem? Astounding. But, what happens when a westbound UP freight has a disabled car and blocks access to the Ft. Worth Intermodal Center for the southbound Texas Eagle,…
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Rail Photos of the Month – March 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. Work is underway at the Sacramento Valley Station, as experts begin to restore the historic mural. Small portions…