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Two press conferences in Sacramento on March 31
A RailPAC Special Report — Two Press Reports; one with DOT Secretary Mineta, and the other with local officials. By Russ Jackson, RailPAC, who was the only rail advocate allowed into the press conference. A followup news conference was held outside the press room, and that is included below. USDOT Secretary Norman Mineta spoke to…
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RailPAC 2005 Annual Meeting
Oakland — By Russ Jackson, Secretary Shown speaking at the RailPAC meeting is Santa Cruz director Matt Melzer, announcing that the Glendale station will be replaced by the Van Nuys station for the Coast Starlight beginning with the March timetable. Others at the table are (left to right) Oakland director Anthony Lee, Sacramento director Marcia…
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AMTRAK/CALTRANS Food Service
A RailPAC Special Report, November, 2004. — In its September issue, the Train Riders Association of California’s (TRAC) “California Rail News” displays a front page photograph taken without permission from the RailPAC website. The photo isn’t shown in its entirety. The entire photo was published in the August 2004, “Western Rail Passenger Review” magazine (on…
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2002 RailPAC meeting report
Amtrak Coast Starlight Travelogue To The NARP Regional Meeting In Jack London Square, Oakland, California March 1 – 3, 2002 by Steve Grande of TrainWeb Here we are in L.A. Union Station waiting to start another journey on the Amtrak Coast Starlight! This journey will take us round trip to Jack London Square in Oakland,…
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Southern California Rail Passenger Report for 1998
We thought it would be a good idea to give you an update on what’s been happening in the last year, what RailPAC has been doing. SAN JOAQUIN RAIL SERVICE: In March the State rail staff told the San Joaquin Rail Committee the promised 5th San Joaquin train, with direct rail service to Sacramento, wouild…
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November 14, 1998 RailPAC Meeting
The Speakers at the November 14, 1998 RailPAC meeting were Stacey Mortensen, Executive Director of the Altamont Commuter Express, and Bill Fleisher, Managing Director of the Amtrak Capitols Rail Service. The presentation given by Bill Fleisher of the Amtrak Capitols Rail Service was essentially the same as the presentation that I saw him give at…
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Byron Nordberg news release
RailPAC and URPA news release Former President of RailPAC and currently a Vice President of URPA died of cancer January 30, 1997 in Oceanside, California. Byron Nordberg was actively engaged in Rail Passenger advocacy and in Rail Passenger Consulting. He began his pro-passsenger rail activeties in the late 60’s by advocating the creation of a…