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Amtrak President Kummant Addresses Joint RailPAC/NARP meeting
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San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting report
Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director, with Bill Kerby, RailPAC Treasurer and Art Lloyd, RailPAC VP North The San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting was held Thursday March 8, 2007 in Fresno. Fresno County Supervisor Henry Perea welcomed members of the committee and audience. The main issue of this meeting was the Committee vote to…
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News and a Photo from the Capitol Corridor
Gene Skropowski, the Capitol Corridor Managing Director, replied to RailPAC regarding the photo story about the group traveling to Sacramento from Davis (below the meeting notice) and gave us an advanced look at other important Corridor news including the latest statistics from the other California corridors. NEW Photo added! Westbound Capitol train 737 arrives on…
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Group rides Zephyr from Davis to Sacramento
Instead of using a Capitol train. The scene below is the Davis, CA train station this morning, March 2, 2007. The train is the eastbound California Zephyr, #6, which arrived only a few minutes late enroute eventually to Chicago. A PHOTO report by Russ Jackson, RailPAC. This group of children and parents wanted to take…
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Coast Rail Coordinating Council meeting report
Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director February 23, 2007 Inn at Spanish Bay, Monterey The primary interest of this group is establishing the Coast Daylight train, which will run from downtown San Francisco to Los Angeles. The main thrust of this meeting was a comprehensive report by Bill Bronte, Chief of Caltrans Division of Rail…
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RailPAC Alert: Ridership Report for Amtrak California Trains
RailPAC Alert: Ridership Report for Amtrak California Trains FROM Capitol Corridor Manager Eugene K. Skoropowski We just received the January 2007 ridership and revenue numbers from Amtrak. I am still in shock. On January 22, Union Pacific started a major track project. On January 17, to accommodate this trackwork, we temporarily suspended 8 of our…
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CA High Speed Rail January Meeting report
Commentary and Report by Hal Wanaselja I attended the CAHSR Authority meeting in Sacramento on January 29, and as they say “there is good news and bad news.” First, let me say that the choice of Quentin Kopp as chair is a godsend. He is very astute and knowlegeable. He really belives we shoud have…
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Trip on Amtrak 4 and 5
In mid January 2007 I rode the Southwest Chief from Lamy to Chicago and the California Zephyr from Chicago to Sacramento in an economy sleeper. Overall it was an excellent trip, due primarily to an attentive, congenial staff, excellent weather, interesting people, and with some exceptions, a timely schedule. Food ranged from very good to…
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Remembering RailPAC’s Byron Nordberg
January 30th marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of Byron Nordberg. Called the “heart and soul of RailPAC”, our “founding President” was known for his tireless efforts at promoting passenger rail. Read Noel Braymer’s photo report at http://www.unitedrail.org/2007/01/30/byron-nordberg-remembered/
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San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting report
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAIL COMMITTEE Meeting Report January 11, 2007, Bakersfield Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director The meeting had to be accelerated due to the hour and a half delay just south of Modesto of San Joaquin train #702 (southbound) which carried numerous committee members from the north. Cause of the delay was the…