Oct. 30, 2007 transit talk

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Date:
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Time:
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM

Exact Date and Time:
October 30, 2007 - 10:00pm

Short Description:
Why not BART around the Bay?

Location City:
Mountain View

Location Details:
back room of Cafe Yulong, 743 W. Dana St.

What state-of-the-art looks like

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:22:07 -0600

Many people who don't know much about trains think BART is state-of-the-art. It's not.

Former BART director Sherman Lewis, who lives in Hayward, agrees. See Mr. Lewis' opinion piece that was published in the Mountain View Voice.

south bay detail map

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:53:45 -0700

Questions and Answers about Basic Rail Concepts

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:21:00 -0700

FAQ About Rail 101

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:26:45 -0700

Q. What problems are encountered when a passenger rail train uses tracks owned by freight rail companies?

BayRail Alliance and Rail 101 in the News

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:21:44 -0700

Railcars

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:33:05 -0700

Railcars have a maximum 60-year life, which can be reached with good maintenance and significant overhauls at regular intervals.


	Gallery car. Source: Nippon Sharyo, LTD

The gallery car (also called "galley" cars by railroaders) is a bi-level design with lower level seating and upper level seating on "galleries" suspended from the car sidewalks. All seats can be viewed for safety and fare collection from a central aisle on the lower level main floor. The first gallery cars were introduced on the Burlington Route (Chicago) in the early 1950's. The gallery car is used in Chicago, Montreal, and on Caltrain. Including 165 electric MU gallery cars on the former Illinois Central in Chicago, nearly 1000 cars of this design are in service. Former Chicago gallery cars were acquired by Virginia Railway Express to expand their service.

Types of Trains

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:58:32 -0700

Q. Is Caltrain the same as light rail?

Q. What is standard rail?

Standard Rail - equipment types

Locomotive-hauled — this is what Caltrain, ACE, and the Amtrak Capitol Corridor uses today. A locomotive on one end of the train either pulls the unpowered passenger cars (from the front) or pushes them (from the back) to make them move. Locomotives vary in how powerful they are and how quickly they can accelerate. Some locomotives are powered by diesel fuel and others by electricity. They can pull a variety of types of passenger cars, to which they supply electricity for heating, lighting and ventilation →see our railcars page.

Why Trains?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:03:32 -0700

Trains are more energy-efficient and better for the environment

Building a high-speed passenger train between Los Angeles and San Francisco would result in saving the equivalent of 2 million barrels of oil in 2020.[1]

Types of Public Transit

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:37:32 -0700

We have many different types of public transit, including buses, paratransit, shuttles, trolleys, light rail, subways and heavy rail, regional rail, and hopefully someday in California, a true high-speed rail service.

Rail Equipment

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:21:03 -0700

Newer cars provide near-platform-level boarding while passengers using older gallery cars must climb three steps to board.

July 1, 1992

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December 27, 1991

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1977

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May 1, 1971

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BayRail Alliance - Rail 101