[Commentary]

Farewell to Mike Scanlon

Mike Scanlon has done a hell of a good job with Caltrain in comparison to the shape it was in before (awful). Also...

Reports

Breaking News!

Approval has just been granted to form a State Assembly Select Committee for Passenger Rail.  More details to come…

[Commentary]

Why Can’t Train Tickets be More like Plane Tickets?

I live in San Diego County. From San Diego International Airport, I can get to almost any part of the United States or...

Reports

San Francisco Amtrak Station Will Move

Mike Barnbaum Effective Sunday, March 1, 2015, five Amtrak Routes (Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquin, Capitol Corridor, California Zephyr, and Coast Starlight) will be...

[Commentary]

Metrolink to Long Beach?

At the time of the start up of Metrolink in 1992, there were miles of secondary rail lines available for sale by the...

[Commentary]

Yet Another Bogus Charge by Opponents of CAHSR

One has to give credit to the opponents of the California High Speed Rail Project: they never give up.

[Commentary]

January, Amtrak Consists, and the Southwest Chief

Report and Commentary by Russ Jackson January in any year brings the anticipation of problems for passenger trains encountering winter weather all across...

Steel Wheels

No One on the Bridge – LACMTA and Metrolink Each in Search of a Captain

The Steel Wheels Column An occasional commentary by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President

[Commentary]

What’s next for Los Angeles Rail Transit?

By Noel T. Braymer By next year LA Metro will have Light Rail service running on the Expo Line from Culver City to...

eNewsletter

RailPAC eNewsletter for January 20, 2015

A Metro man from a transit family wants the lines to keep growing Los Angeles Times-Jan 17, 2015 Leahy, rumor had it, might...