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  1. leemell

    Van Nuys Station Upgrade Nearly complete

    https://www.dailynews.com/2020/01/16/32-million-upgrade-to-van-nuys-metrolink-station-touted-as-lynchpin-of-future-valley-transit/?fbclid=IwAR0uQsYU3-iYz6QiVHylxWlup6wm-IYSUda6bjFMXD2o47rz9d5759OPFdM
  2. leemell

    Van Nuys Center Platform

    As of Monday 11/18 the new Van Nuys center platform is open. Still doing finishing touches, like finishing rails, but is used for boarding's.
  3. leemell

    CHSRA Track and Systems

    Board Approves Release a Request for Qualifications for Track and Systems Procurement. Info here: https://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/brdmeetings/2019/brdmtg_071619_Item2_Track_and_Systems_Procurement_Process_Presentation_July_2019_Brd_Meeting.pdf
  4. leemell

    LA Union Station Major Upgrade

    The MTA Board yesterday approved the major upgrade to LAUS with Linkus. (https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/06/27/metro-board-approves-link-us-union-station-cut-through-tracks/). It includes a gratly expanded tunnel and run-through traks. Total cost about $2.3B.
  5. leemell

    CHSRA Track and Systems

    The California High Speed Rail Authority has posted the release of the Draft RFP for Track and Systems. So begins the real rail. The RPF for Trainsets should be released next quarter. http://hsr.ca.gov/programs/track_and_systems.html
  6. leemell

    New Platform at Van Nuys Work Pics

    Some new pics of the center platform.  These are of the forms, excavation and concrete pour between the tracks that connect to the tunnel constructed under the south track.
  7. leemell

    New Platform at Van Nuys Time Lapse Rail work

    The contractor has begun prep for the platform build and has done the rail moves.  Here are two videos of the rail work over last two years or so:    
  8. leemell

    New FRA Rules

    Excerpted from the Midwest High Speed Rail Association (https://www.midwesthsr.org/new-regulations-allow-stronger-lighter-safer-modern-trains?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3f131ba3-c21f-412b-add6-d49e7b699bcf):      ...
  9. leemell

    New Van Nuys Platform

    The contractor started work today on the new between the tracks platform. It will completely replace the south side only platform. It will include a tunnel under the tracks and realigning the tracks from Woodman Ave to about Sepulveda Bl. About 18 months to complete.
  10. leemell

    Pacific Surfliner 769 Hit Tresspasser

    Yesterday about 1:30 north bound Pacific Surfliner 769 hit and killed a trespasser at Desoto Bl. We were on the south bound 784 and were held up for about 1/2 hour as three north bound trains that were stopped passed. I find it very surprising that I could only find one paragraph from the...
  11. leemell

    CAHSR November Update Report

    CHSRA has released the biennial update report. It has everything you wanted to know or not on the California High Speed Rail Project. ^_^
  12. leemell

    CA HSR Really is Under Construction

    In this article, Dan Richard, board chairman of the Project admits that it really is under construction even though the start of construction has not been announced. Massive test pilings are being build on the Fresno River, 400+ properties are in acquisition, geologic and utility surveys are...
  13. leemell

    CA HSR UCD Map

    The University of California Davis has produced an interactive and phased map of HSR construction. The map includes overlays of income and risk, unemployment, farm land conversion, and topography.
  14. leemell

    Big Change in CAHSR Construction Schedule

    The LA Times is reporting in this article that the Palmdale to LA link will be constructed several years earlier than originally planned. This will happen if the $250M and Cap & Trade funds are approved by the legislature. This has all the earmarks of back room trading by Jerry Brown and the...
  15. leemell

    CA HSR Cap & Trade Done Deal

    In this article in the LA Times they describe the Cap & Trade deal Jerry Brown was working on with the Legislature. I heard a report on news radio about an hour ago that this budget is a done deal. The vote must come before Monday, the constitutional deadline to have a completed budget. This...
  16. leemell

    LA Union Station Run-Through Design Contract

    In the minutes of the Metro Planning Committee meeting was this: 21."AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract No. PS2451-3172 to HDR Engineering, Inc. for the Southern California Regional Interconnector Project engineering services for an...
  17. leemell

    CA Senate Leader: new $200 million annually for CA HSR

    In an article in the LA Times State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg today announced a new proposal to guide the use of California’s cap-and-trade revenues. It includes earmarking 20% of those revenues for the high speed rail project. The California HSR Blog analyzes it as maybe the...
  18. leemell

    Likely Start of Construction on the CAHSR

    In this article and executive details the start of construction of the CA HSR that will begin next month.
  19. leemell

    Amtrak Station to Burbank Airport Bridge Funded

    From the Burbank Airport Newsletter: : "Funding Sources Announced for Bridge Between Airport and Bob Hope Airport Train Station The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has announced that Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will provide...
  20. leemell

    CS 14 Today 1/27

    I saw it in Glendale this morning. It had the regular consist, but with the Great Dome car and three or four single level coaches added. One long Starlight.
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