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Starlight should go to Klamath Falls and Eugene with bus bridge
Further communication from the RailPAC President to the Amtrak President NOTE: Full restoration of service for trains 11/14 is anticipated for March 3, but LIKELY will be much later. Also see “Partial restoration” article below. 11th February, 2008 Mr. Alex Kummant President and CEO NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION Washington DC COAST STARLIGHT RECOMMENCEMENT Dear Mr.…
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RailPAC’s Dyson strongly replies to Mr. Kummant ‘s “explanation” for suspending the Coast Starlight
NOTE: The original letter from Mr. Dyson, letters of support, and Mr. Kummant’s reply appear as separate posts below on this site. January 29, 2008 Mr. Alex Kummant President and CEO National Railroad Passenger Corporation 60 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Via fax to 202 906 2850 COAST STARLIGHT SUSPENSION Dear Mr. Kummant: Thank…
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Reply to RailPAC letter re Coast Starlight suspension, from Amtrak’s Kummant
NOTE: The original letter from Mr. Dyson appears in the next post below this one. January 28, 2008 Mr. Paul J. Dyson President Rail Passenger Association of California 1008 – 10th Street, Suite 217 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Mr. Dyson: Thank you for your letter of January 22 regarding your concerns with the temporary cessation…
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SUSPENSION OF COAST STARLIGHT SERVICE
Amtrak must reverse its decision to cancel the train during the Oregon washout! A letter to Amtrak President Alex Kummant from RailPAC President Paul Dyson RAIL PASSENGER ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA 22nd January, 2008 Mr. Alex Kummant President and Chief Executive Officer NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 60 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington DC 20002 SUSPENSION OF COAST…
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Letters written in support of RailPAC position on Coast Starlight suspension
The following letters have been written in support of RailPAC’s position of opposing Amtrak’s outright cancellation of the Coast Starlight because of the landslide in Oregon. (1) to Senator Boxer (2) from LOSSAN Corridor (3) from SBCAG As other letters are received we will add them here. (1) January 24, 2008 HON. BARBARA BOXER SENATOR,…
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Resolution re ADA and rail platform heights
By Paul Dyson, RailPAC President, and Member Burbank City Transportation Commission I’m very proud to report that Burbank and RailPAC are leading the fight to get the ADA station platform heights ruling nullified. As you know the USDOT (in their ignorance) wants to put subway platforms at commuter and intercity stations and it just doesn’t…
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California Zephyr schedule to change in January
Restoring more of the time taken away while the Union Pacific did maintenance of way projects in Nevada. 12DEC07 SCHEDULE CHANGE, JANUARY 21, 2008 CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR: TR 5 ARRIVES EMY (Emeryville) 610P, 1 HR 15 MIN EARLIER. TRAIN 6 CHANGES ARE MINIMAL. Information from Amtrak, courtesy Ed von Nordeck.
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RailPAC promotes weekend Metrolink connections
Correspondence between RailPAC President Paul Dyson and SCRRA. The original message is at the bottom of this file. Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:19:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Dyson Subject: RE: Weekend Connections To: Bob Berger, SCRRA Manager, Passenger Services CC: Art Brown Bob, Thank you for your very prompt reply. Having been through British…
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Why we need to protect the Sunset route
Commentary by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President Those of you who are NARP members will have received a letter from Matt Melzer, former RailPAC director and now Communications Associate at NARP HQ. Matt points out the ongoing threat to the Sunset Limited and calls for action by NARP members to draw attention to the danger to…
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RailPAC President Dyson writes about LOSSAN
The following letter was sent to several recipients. The subject: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTER-CITY AND REGIONAL RAIL SERVICES Gentlemen: We are facing our annual funding battles, both in Washington and Sacramento, and whatever the outcome it seems clear to us that it will be some years before we put into service any new inter city rolling…