Opinion and photos by Noel T. Braymer The Good News is that more towns across America are discovering the economic value of rail service and of having a train station in their communities. In the news are stories of towns along the Gulf Coast banding together to work towards restarting rail passenger service between New…
Commentary by Russ Jackson, RailPAC-URPA, Dallas, Texas Premise Food and Beverage availability on long distance trains is essential and its existence is not negotiable; only the “how it is done” is. Problem stated “On Amtrak’s western long distance trains, the average trip spans three to four meal periods. People may want to go fast, but…
Opinion by Noel T. Braymer In Washington the Long Distance Trains get very little love or respect. There has been no service expansion of Long Distance Rail service since W. Graham Claytor retired as Amtrak President in 1992. In fact there is less Long Distance Rail service now than in 1992. There are no lack…
Opinion by Noel T. Braymer For over 30 years the goal has been to run rail passenger service the 128 miles between Los Angeles and San Diego through Orange County in under 2 hours. To do this will require speeds of 110 miles per hour with PTC signalling as well as run-through tracks at Los…
Opinion By Noel T. Braymer At the end of July LA Supervisor Michael Antonovich as Chairman of LA Metro introduced a motion which passed unanimously calling for more rail and bus connections to the regional airports in the Los Angeles area. The following are some excepts from that motion. Los Angeles County, home to 10.2…