How My Train Was 90 Minutes Late, Yet I still Got Home On Time
Even the best plans can get derailed. I planned to catch a mid-afternoon train out of Oceanside on a recent Friday to see...
Noel BraymerOctober 25, 2015
What will the Passenger Trains of the Future be like?
There are major changes coming in the near future to transportation, and this will impact rail passenger service as well. All forms of...
Noel BraymerOctober 25, 2015
PTC: “It ain’t over till it’s over”
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has released H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and...
infoOctober 20, 2015
San Diego County Trains have connections
San Diego County has 3 intra-county rail passenger services. There is the Sprinter, a 22 mile DMU service between Oceanside and Escondido. There...
Noel BraymerOctober 20, 2015
How Metrolink can get more Passengers on their Trains
Metrolink ridership has been in a slump for several years. Efforts are being made to boost ridership with discounted tickets. Metrolink though needs...
Noel BraymerOctober 20, 2015
HSR at Burbank City Council meeting – 10/27/15 6 PM
Tuesday, October 26 at 6.00 pm there will be a joint meeting of Burbank City Council and the City Transportation Commission. High Speed...
Paul DysonOctober 7, 2015
What does the National Transportation Safety Board know that we don’t?
Almost 8 months after the Metrolink accident at Oxnard this year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) asked Metrolink to stop using the...
Noel BraymerOctober 5, 2015
Some Future Rail Connections to LAX and West LA.
Since 1995 the closest (about 2 miles) LAX has been to rail service is the Green Line Station at Aviation Blvd and Imperial...
Noel BraymerSeptember 28, 2015
Notes on last Monday’s LOSSAN Board Meeting in San Diego
I rarely have a chance to attend the meetings on rail service to keep up with what is happening. I hadn’t given any...
Noel BraymerSeptember 27, 2015
The Growing Red State Rail Passenger Revolution
Politics have long played a major role for Rail Passenger Service in this country. From the start of Amtrak there has been an...
Noel BraymerSeptember 21, 2015