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Report and a Commentary by Mike Barnbaum, RailPAC Associate Director Part 2 from January 26, 2011 day of two meetings. Headlines: Implement additional service to Placer County Reduce number of trains from 16 roundtrips to 15 After riding Train #521 from Sacramento to Oakland at 4:30am and Train #712 from Oakland to “Atwater”/Merced for the San Joaquin Valley [...]
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Well this is some of the clever, innovative thinking that we expect from Governor Jerry Brown: on ABC7 in Los Angeles this morning, Gov. Brown proposed funding high speed rail through cap-and-trade fees. See the video below (HSR section begins at 3:00): “Phase 1, I’m trying to redesign it in a way that in and [...]
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The massive dirt-moving operation that's the start of a $400 million Union Pacific Railroad facility being constructed in Santa Teresa, near El Paso's far West Side, is expected to be completed this summer.
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CARLINVILLE — Larger cities along the Chicago-to-St. Louis Amtrak route, such as Joliet, Normal, Springfield and Alton, have been getting most of the attention in the ongoing high-speed rail discussion, but there could be some movement ahead in Carlinville.
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