RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

Category: Issues

  • RailPAC response to CHSRA 2018 Business Plan

    Steve Roberts, Vice President, Policy and Research. March 2018 The Rail Passenger Association of California since 1978 has supported a modern passenger railroad system for the State of California and the West.  We campaigned actively for the passage of 1A, the High Speed Rail bond measure.  While frustrated and dissatisfied with progress to date we…

  • RailPAC Weekly E-Newsletter for March 5, 2018

    Newsletter 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 your name and email address to [email protected] If you’d like to see expanded and improved Rail Passenger Service- Join Us! Membership…

  • 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…

  • Could LA’s Original Blue Line Trains Be Saved From the Scrapheap?

    RailPAC has just received an exciting tip this morning; We may be able to save the original Metro blue line fleet from the scrapyard after all! More to come on this developing story. Photographs courtesy of Cesar Estrada.

  • 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…

  • Save the Coast Starlight’s Pacific Parlour Cars!

    Please sign our petition to save the Coast Starlight’s Pacific Parlour Cars!

  • This Month in Rail: September 2017

    From the RailPAC team, we present to you some of the best rail-related stories we’ve read over this past month. In between editions on this space, you can also subscribe to our weekly emails sent out every Monday, featuring rail-related news articles from California and beyond. Subscribe to this free e-newsletter by sending your name…

  • This Month in Rail: August 2017

    From the RailPAC team, we present to you some of the best rail-related stories we’ve read over this past month. In between editions on this space, you can also subscribe to our weekly emails sent out every Monday, featuring rail-related news articles from California and beyond. Subscribe to this free e-newsletter by sending your name…

  • This Month in Rail: July 2017

    From the RailPAC team, we present to you some of the best rail-related stories we’ve read over this past month. In between editions on this space, you can also subscribe to our weekly emails sent out every Monday, featuring rail-related news articles from California and beyond. Subscribe to this free e-newsletter by sending your name…