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  1. GDRRiley

    California provides 310M to support Amtrak & regional rail upgrades

    Out of 1,333M of Transit & Intercity Rail Capital Program, 310M went to Amtrak or joint Amtrak & regional rail improvements. From north to south: 14M to Capital Corridor JPA for Santa Clara Interlocking, Agnew Siding and Sacramento Valley Station active mobility improvements. Santa Clara...
  2. GDRRiley

    Amtrak expected to lose Metrolink operating contract

    Amtrak has operated Metrolink sense the start but with a move from 3 contracts; train operations, equipment maintenance and MOW maintenance to a single combined operations and maintenance contract they are expected to lose it from Alstom. Bombardier now Alstom previously did equipment...
  3. GDRRiley

    Surfliner San Diego yard delayed

    LOSSAN did not have a written agreement with BNSF nor did BNSF staff who then left write it down. BNSF then agreed to let others use the property so lossan is out of a site. Delaying the project as they now have to go back to site selection. There are no sites nearby so they likely have to go...
  4. GDRRiley

    Empire Corridor upgrades

    A very underwhelming plan proposed by New York state for improvements to the Empire Corridor. California's plan is far ahead and even states like Illinois and Michigan are more ambitious. 90mph (B) is the preferred alternative with160 and 220mph were barley studied. The improvements planned for...
  5. GDRRiley

    Management issues of State funded services

    Amtraks general poor performance is why California is considering splitting from them. The plan I listed above from Caltrans has them starting without cab cars and using NPCU No caltrans is waiting on amtrak.
  6. GDRRiley

    Amtrak California Timetable concept

    This is a fairly realistic timetable with a few minor speedups mostly using the estimations from the 2018 railplan for 2035. It also has some new services added which were not on the plan but current on the states corridor study. Everything is rebranded under CalTrain and most are using SP style...
  7. GDRRiley

    California Services in disagreement with CARBs proposed rules

    California Air Resource Board has proposed a number of changes to the environmental regulations around rail transport which the 3 Joint Power Boards which run the California services are rightfully not happy about. There is a proven tech, Electrification but the state nor class 1 seem willing...
  8. GDRRiley

    Dual Mode usage vs. Electrification of freight railroads in the US - pros and cons

    dual modes no matter what flavor are a bandage over not electrifying. At some point class 1 will need to put wires up because battery and hydrogen just wont cut it for them. The only deployment that makes some sense are some dual modes where they spend time on a mainline then go off onto a...
  9. GDRRiley

    Greetings from California

    Hi I'm a photographer and transit nerd. The bay area is my home with me being outside of LA for college. Surfliner and Capital Corridor are my usual trains but I've done some of the buses that connect the 2. GDRRiley
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