Jamie Foster

Representatives of the California Short Line Railroad Association joined forces in Sacramento today for their annual visit with state legislators. We visited the following 20 offices:

State Senators: Gaines, Morrell, Beall, Jackson, Nielsen, Fuller, Wilk, and Lara.

State Assembly Members: Cunningham, Daly, Irwin, Chiu, Frazier, Patterson, Chavez, Santiago, Muratsuchi, Rendon, O’Donnell, and Obernolte.

CSLRA participants included officers of the following California railroads: Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), Richmond Pacific, Central California Traction (CCT), Modesto and Empire Traction (M&ET), San Francisco Bay RR, Sierra RR …and the following holding companies: Omnitrax and Genesee & Wyoming (G&W).

CSLRA’s Legislative Flyer

The Senate chambers in the old section of the building.

In Assemblyman Frazier’s office with “Moxie.”

Today’s crew.

Morning meeting and preparations.

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association recently sent a letter to the South Coast Air Quality Management District in opposition to their proposed container tax.

Read it.

The California Short Line Railroad Association is a part of the California Railroad Industry, a signatory to the letter.

Russ McGurk, President of GoRail, a national non-profit organization that works with thousands of community leaders across the country, wrote a point/counterpoint blog post (3/16/17, now on LinkedIn) on the issue of “Forced Access”. Click here.

For more information about GoRail, visit www.gorail.org.