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LA Noire comes out this Tuesday and represented in it is LA Union Station and the Pacific Electric Red Cars. First, here’s a map of the downtown area represented in the game. You can see where Union Station is on Alameda. http://www.vgarabia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/L.A-Noire-Map-3.jpg...

Haha do you want to raise taxes now? http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Public/48TrainScheduleDRAFT_02-09-2011.pdf. Should a solution not be found, here is Caltrain's schedule effective July 2nd, 2011. Good luck with that.

First, is the Wi-Fi any good? Is it any faster than 3G speeds? Does it maintain a connection well between Los Angeles and San Diego? I'll be traveling South of LA. Second, what is the wireless security like? Is it encrypted? Do you log in? If it's just an open unencrypted wireless access...

Metrolink is running another promotion and it's actually one of the best things they've ever done. On Monday January 17th Metrolink is basically offering a 2 for 1 deal on fares, and you don't have to jump through hoops to take advantage of it. http://www.metrolinktrains.com/news/?id=5943 Just...

There is a dearth of details, but Metrolink is planning express service that may start later this year. http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/transportation/metrolink-to-pilot.html I say the San Bernardino Line would be first, that is, if there is enough track capacity for express service...

Acton, a station in which Metrolink serves, is expected to get snow overnight (snow level: 2500-3000 feet). This also affords us a rare opportunity to see Metrolink operate in the snow if conditions hold up. I missed it last time, but here's what it looked like: Just a heads up if anyone...

This is your standard "getting harassed for photography" story and I'm not surprised that my experience is very similar to most stories I've heard. I did one thing right and I think I did another thing wrong when dealing with this. I was on the Sprinter light rail system down in North San Diego...

This applies to 12/22/10. Closure affects NTCD Coaster for locals as well. http://carlsbad.patch.com/articles/storm-forces-nctd-to-cancel-coaster-service-2 "All Coaster trains have been cancelled today due to the heavy rain that has saturated San Diego County for almost a week. The North...

I live along the LOSSAN Corridor. Today we decided to visit San Juan Capistrano on a whim. There were no Metrolink trains available (they recently cut half of them) so we looked into Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner. It would have cost $11 one-way on August 7th, 2010 to ride from Santa Ana to San...

California gets $2.25 billion. $29 billion or so to go! Let's leverage these stimulus dollars with a bake sale. http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1799691.html HSR cheerleader view: http://www.cahsrblog.com/2010/01/breaking-...passenger-rail/ LOSSAN and the Capitol Corridor will also be...

Biden got slammed hard on the Colbert Report and I don’t even think he was being his usual sarcastic self. He opened the show with a serious message about how great Obama’s piece on why Haiti matters was. Then he compared Biden and Obama. He said, “This is the difference between a president,”...

On commuter rail passengers without a ticket are cited if they are caught riding without a ticket, or even the wrong type of ticket. However, I've never seen anyone cited on Amtrak. Does Amtrak have the authority to give someone a citation for riding without the proper fare? Do they just kick...

Are they out of their minds? http://sfist.com/2009/11/24/parents_petiti...n_to_reduce.php All this because of four suicides on CalTrain tracks this year? I know grief can make people say some irrational things, but Jesus.

Update: The original article may be wrong and this happened on a single-tracked section of the LOSSAN corridor. See this post. --- A trip between San Diego and Los Angeles went FUBAR last week. Passengers were stuck on the train for eight hours while several trains headed in the same direction...

It seems like our very own Pacific Surfliner is well-known enough to be a throwaway reference. From the Wasington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9090304333.html I didn't expect to see the Surfliner mentioned in an article about Jay Leno. Pretty good for the second busiest...

I won't post the audio because it's X-rated of course (Artie Lange had a really funny, sarcastic line about what you could do on the Acela that you can't do on lesser trains), but I wanted to mention that the Acela Express was talked about on Monday's Howard Stern Show. Robin Quivers and Artie...

I post this here because it is the most active forum here. I am calling on all people who enjoy trains, whether you enjoy riding them, photographing them, or just looking at them, to join me in speaking out against the behavior displayed by the teenage railfans in connection with the Metrolink...

Edit: In California, that is. What is it about Fullerton, as opposed to any other station in Orange County, that caused it to become railfan headquarters? Because it has a cafe? It seems that many stations are run by people who don't want you on the platform unless you have a ticket. Does this...

Let's say I'm holding a Surfliner ticket and I intend to ride the 10:10PM southbound Surfliner and I miss it. Would I be able to ride the southbound bus that stops in Fullerton, Santa Ana, etc. that leaves after midnight? Now I understand that those buses require that tickets be purchased as...