For most American railroads, this is an unthinkably complex piece of technology

pssst hey Metrolink and SBCTA - it’s got wires, where are yours?

When you see that new Caltrain schedule with SF -> San Jose under an hour 👀

With all day service on the AVL, new 30 minute service on the SBL west of Covina, and over 225 transfer opportunities, Metrolink is moving closer to a real regional rail model. But they should aim higher: 15 minute peak service, all day service on more lines, and electrification.

Oakland Antioch & Eastern RR 工an Monroe Californians for Electric Rail ' 工an Monroe talks to the crew about how electrifying the San Joaquins would also make service faster and easier to serve more stations like Pittsburg/Antioch AND Oakley.

Hear me out: maybe we don't do hydrogen passenger trains? "Because of delivery bottlenecks, the hydrogen train in the German state of Lower Saxony cannot operate as planned. Instead, five diesel trains currently service the line, while the hydrogen trains are shorter than usual

Yet California is doubling down on hydrogen trains, despite the abject failure of hydrogen car refueling in our state foreshadowing similar outcomes.

Hydrogen transportation investments create a market for dirty, fossil fuel hydrogen. GoBiz, which is lobbying to weaken H2 tax credit requirements, is also supporting this dirty hydrogen plant being built in an EJ community. H2 trains are the same scam. heatmap.news/economy/hydrog…

Jesse D. Jenkins 1) Zillertal Railway, Austria, hydrogen train abandoned bit.ly/4fel14W 2) London, 3 hydrogen buses abandoned as uneconomic after 3yrs of light use bit.ly/4c1PboZ 3) Montpellier, France, cancels order for 51 hydrogen buses, realizing EV ones 6x cheaper to run

SoCal's Metrolink is adding 32 weekday trains (+23% service level) to its schedule. Metrolink CEO Kettle says this is part of “Metrolink Reimagined” as it transitions from a commuter service to a regional Southern California passenger-rail service. progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail…

This dirty hydrogen project in a Stockton EJ community got a support letter from GO-Biz. Reporter Emily Pontecorvo pointed out that support conflicts w/ CA's commitment to only support renewable hydrogen and explicitly exclude junk RNG credits. They shrugged and kept supporting