RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

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  • Electrolink Will be on the 2020 Ballot

    Funding for Metrolink regional rail electrification (#Electrolink for short) is going to be on the ballot in 2020 in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange Counties. And we only need 55% of the vote – so long as we do it in accordance with the recent state supreme court ruling reducing the threshold for citizen-sponsored referendums…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for February 26, 2018

    Edited by Noel T. Braymer Feel free to forward copies of this E-Newsletter to your friends or someone who can use this information. If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send me your name and email address to [email protected] If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service- Join Us! Membership…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for February 19, 2018

    Edited by Noel T. Braymer If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send me your name and email address to [email protected] If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service- Join RailPAC today! Membership increases our strength in presenting the case for rail to policymakers at all levels! This story and…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for February 12, 2018

    Edited by Noel T. Braymer If you would like to subscribe to the E-Newsletter just send your name and email address to [email protected] If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service – Join RailPAC Today!   Membership increases our strength in presenting the case for rail to policymakers at all levels! This is the view…

  • Arturo Leonard Lloyd, Jr.

    May 21, 1925 – December 4, 2016 On Sunday, December 4, Arthur Lloyd left this world with dignity and grace, surrounded by his children, grandchildren and caregivers in the living room of his home in Menlo Park. He was a powerful presence in our lives even as a series of strokes diminished his ability to…

  • Bye Bye Joe; Welcome to Wick

    Here it is the first of September, 2016, and a new Amtrak era begins at the top of the ladder.  Wick Moorman, 64, until last year the CEO of the Norfolk Southern Railway and a 40 year career there, has taken the reins of the leaderless horse called Amtrak and been given a list of…

  • Steel Wheels: July – September 2016

    Dear members: By now you will have received your latest Steel Wheels magazine.  In the rush to meet the deadline for mailing the conference registration a few errors crept in, for which I apologize.  Andy Selden’s excellent account  was spoiled somewhat by missing captions.  Andy took the photos which are in order of appearance Denver…

  • Annual Steel Wheels in California Conference

    September 24, 2016  |  10:00 – 3:30 PM The East Theater of the California State Railroad Museum

  • Thanksgiving Ride on Train 4, the “Roughwest Chief”

    During this past Thanksgiving holiday I had a privilege to a ride on the eastbound Roughwest Chief, from Los Angeles to Chicago… I’ve traveled on the Chief before, and it seemed to be fine. However, this past trip will probably be my last.

  • Bullet Train will Start in the Bay Area

    The Rail Passenger Association of California welcomes the decision of the CHSRA to construct north from Bakersfield to link with an electrified Caltrain at San Jose.  At the same time money will be spent on the long overdue modernization of Los Angeles Union Station, especially permitting through services between the north and south of the…