This is a SPECIAL 10 PHOTO EDITION. All the photos (except one) are from Russ Jackson on his family’s Fall trip across the country. To see these photos larger, click on the photo. To read the full trip report, see “Trip Report on the Texas Eagle and other trains: How was it?” that was posted…
By Noel T. Braymer Metrolink has failed to fulfill its mission to be the Southern California Regional Rail Passenger Railroad. The official name for Metrolink is the Southern California Regional Rail Authority. Instead the management of Metrolink at its inception was under the impression that they were running a commuter railroad to primarily carry people…
By Noel T. Braymer California now has some connections by rail at its airports. This will improve over the next 10 to 20 years. The two airports now with the best rail connections are San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Bob Hope Airport in Burbank near downtown Los Angeles.. SFO has direct and regular service…
By Noel T. Braymer Current planning by the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is for initial High Speed Rail service of 34 round trips daily by 2022 between Merced and Burbank. By 2022 with the completion of run through tracks by 2020 at Los Angeles Union Station there will be plenty of connections from…
Here are this month’s photos by RailPAC photographers! Click on each photo to see it full size! 8 PHOTOS THIS MONTH. LOOK FOR A SPECIAL WINTER EDITION SOON! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to Russ Jackson, RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. 1. This is Donner Lake at 7000 ft…
Commentary by Russ Jackson Opinions expressed in this report are the author’s, and not necessarily those of the RailPAC Board This writer and spouse recently completed a November Amtrak circle trip, starting and ending with the Texas Eagle, which covered much of the western United States. For reporting purposes, the information below primarily covers the…
By Noel T. Braymer The nation’s freight railroads have plenty of business now. In fact maybe it has too much business to handle current traffic, let alone future growth. This in turn has affected several long distance passenger trains, often causing them to be habitually late and making long distance rail passenger service less viable.…