SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has approved a 2.4-mile extension of its light rail system, connecting the Eastridge Transit Center in east San Jose to the existing light rail station at Alum Rock, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Construction will begin in 2020, with service expected to start in […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The city of San Jose is miffed at Union Pacific, complaining about train noise and other issues along the right-of-way,and is ready to go to court over its grievances. Particularly at issue is nighttime operation of trains through downtown, which has increased in recent months as the railroad altered its operating […]
LOS ANGELES — The leading consultant on California’s high speed rail project has been suspended after a state agency began investigating a possible conflict of interest in his approval of a multimillion-dollar contract, the Los Angeles Times reports. Roy Hill, deputy chief operating officer for the California High Speed Rail Authority and an executive at […]
Noel Wilson’s HO scale Little Truckee RR portrays the Southern Pacific RR around Truckee, Calif. It’s a modular layout in a 10 x 40-foot office trailer. […]
Noel Wilson’s HO scale Little Truckee RR portrays the Southern Pacific RR around Truckee, Calif. It’s a modular layout in a 10 x 40-foot office trailer. […]
UP 4014, seen in Wyoming earlier this month, will run in California in October. Trains: Jim Wrinn POMONA, Calif. — Payback can be pretty sweet, afterall. The organization that traded Big Boy No. 4014 to the Union Pacific in 2013 said Friday it will get an excursion with the locomotive Oct. 12 and 13. According […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to fight the Federal Railroad Administration’s revocation of a $929 million construction grant, which could place the high-speed rail program in financial jeopardy, calling it “illegal and a direct assault on California, our green infrastructure, and the thousands of Central Valley workers who are building this […]
LOS ANGELES — Metrolink rail service on the Perris Valley has been disrupted in the wake of Thursday’s crash of a military jet near the rail line. Tracks between Moreno Valley and Perris have been shut down as police activity continues around the crash site. Interstate 215, which parallels the rail line, is also closed. […]
FRESNO, Calif. — Amtrak’s San Joaquins will introduce a new schedule on May 20, returning service to seven full-corridor round trips and offering service every two hours. Five of the trains will operate between Bakersfield and Oakland, while two will run between Bakersfield and Sacramento. In a media release, David Lipari, marketing manager for the […]
WASHINGTON — The federal government is officially pulling out of a nearly $1 billion-deal with the state of California over building a high-speed rail network. A 25-page letter to the California High Speed Rail Authority’s CEO, Brian Kelly, lays out problems with the project including: the authority “consistently and repeatedly failed in its management and […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Repairs on two cracked beams that led to the closure of the Transbay Transit Center have been completed ahead of schedule, setting the stage for reopening of the $2.2-billion facility. Officials with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority announced Thursday that the repairs were done, KTVU-TV news reports. Previously, the authority had indicated […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Expansion of Northern California’s SMART commuter rail into Napa and Solano counties, allowing a connection to Amtrak, would take six years and about $1 billion, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports. The figure comes from a study funded by the state of California into the possibility of a link from the […]
