Californians for Electric Rail

calelectricrail.org

07 January 2026 04:38

In June, Valley Link dropped their plans to run hydrogen trains, and plans to switch to battery - following the lead of rail agencies around the world 5/ bsky.app/profile/infr...

Californians for Electric Rail

calelectricrail.org

07 January 2026 04:37

After advocates spoke out, SANDAG upgraded the Crest Canyon alternative to the Del Mar Tunnel to 110 mph - great news for fast, frequent transit and a guard against long-term deployment of hydrogen trains on the Surfliner/Coaster. 4/ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

the25hurts.bsky.social

25 December 2025 00:55

Apologies for jumping on late here, but USDOT published a report which outlined this at about the time you posted it. railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/cos... The nice thing about 50kV is that it improves the economics of extending the wire beyond the LA basin. Catenary to SLC or Belen fits freight RR ops

dereksagehorn.bsky.social

13 October 2025 17:25

A bit different than every California bus agency seeking discretionary, competitive grant funds to do a one off battery or hydrogen bus purchase.

Nolan Hicks

ndhapple.bsky.social

21 September 2025 21:30

Not to toot the book, but: Chapter 12.2 is entirely about high-level platforms (48") and freight interactions. US DOT studied this in 2010 as part of ADA work and found no conflicts. The chapter: transitcosts.com/momentum/#_12 The feds paper: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...