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Train Day PHOTOS 4
From Los Angeles Union Station More photos added 5/21 National Train Day Saturday, May 10 2008 Train Day banner above the waiting room Report and Photos by Robert Manning, RailPAC Director National Train Day started for my wife (Joyce) and me when we boarded Metrolink Train #353 at San Bernardino which departed promptly at 8:45…
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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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RailPAC welcomes expanded Metrolink weekend service
September 5, 2007. PRESS RELEASE: RailPAC President Paul Dyson today called for continued expansion of Metrolink train service throughout the region. In welcoming the additional trains on the Antelope Valley line on Saturday, and service for the first time on Sunday, Dyson said that: “At last Metrolink is beginning to fulfill its potential as a…
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Train PHOTOS of the Month
Three (3) For the month of May, 2007 The California Zephyr, the San Joaquin, and the Sunset Limited! 1. The California Zephyr, Amtrak train #6, proudly waits to depart from the Sacramento train station on April 3, 2007. While timekeeping for the Zephyr (0% endpoint on time since October 1, 2006) has been a major…
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A Proposed Coast Daylight Schedule and Service for 2007 (Train #798/799)
A SPECIAL REPORT by Anthony Lee, RailPAC director, Oakland — The proposed schedule is designed to provide advance train schedule of the Coast Starlight train 11/14, since the Coast Starlight is often sold out during peak periods such as holidays and during the summer period Given the significant population growth along the Central Coast as…
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Passenger Train Service To The Coachella Valley
RailPAC Policy, June, 2006. Story by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President — RailPAC has long advocated the extension of Southern California regional passenger services to the Coachella Valley, and indeed into the Imperial Valley and to Yuma and Phoenix. The line is an Amtrak route and so the tracks are maintained to passenger standards. However, the…
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Dreaming of future trains
By RailPAC President Noel T. Braymer — This seems the right time of year to reflect on what new rail service we have to look forward to and to dream about new projects. I’m writing about my own personal choices, though I’m sure many share some of my dreams. We have many projects to look…
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Take the Train, not MagLev to the Airports
by Noel T. Braymer, RailPAC President — SCAG, the Southern California Association of Governments continues to promote its plan to build a regional MagLev system in Southern California. This would start with a 54 mile starter line connecting Ontario Airport with Downtown Los Angeles and West Los Angeles. Eventually this starter line would be part…
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It’s time to relocate the Surf Line railroad track inland, and build the San Clemente bypass tunnel
[updated June 6, 2023] By Brian Yanity It is of critical importance to address the land slippage and coastal erosion threatening rail service on the coastal railroad section in San Clemente. This is a transportation emergency that must be taken seriously by local, state and federal stakeholders, both in the near- and long-term. The cost…
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The Prospects for Future LA-Phoenix Passenger Rail
Brian Yanity Vice President-South, RailPAC [this is an updated version of an article which first appeared in the Q1 2021 issue of Steel Wheels] The fast-growing Phoenix metropolitan area, the Valley of the Sun, is home to nearly 5 million people- two-thirds of all Arizonans. Phoenix itself has a diverse population of nearly 1.7 million…