Howard Wrote:
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> Keith Ode Wrote:
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> > What freight revenue traffic is expected to
> > traverse the line between Santa Cruz and
> > Watsonville? I don't understand the
> > justification in spending money to open a line
> > with no potential freight traffic. By the
> time
> > they repair the washout near Harkins Slough,
> more
> > damage will have been done. All of the grade
> > crossings need repair or replacement. The
> > wooden trestles in Aptos and Capitola were
> swaying
> > and falling apart twenty years ago. I'll
> never
> > forget walking under one of those trestles in
> 2004
> > after shooting the Cruz and being hit in the
> > shoulder by a chunk of falling wood.
>
> The Regional Transportation Commission purchased
> the Santa Cruz Branch Rail line with Prop 116
> funds for passenger rail. That is the
> justification. I am looking forward to the light
> rail demonstration later this year.
>
> [www.fototime.com]

Thank you for the info and photo. I heard about commuter operations but thought it was a rumor. Fascinating that they're using hydrogen fuel cells. It will be interesting to see how successful that will be.