Californian Start-Up Awards Sleeper Train Design Contract
A new private operator plans to introduce an overnight train service between the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
Dreamstar Lines
Report: Dreamstar Lines Signs MOU With UP for Coast Line Track Access
Dreamstar Lines of Newport Beach, Calif., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Union Pacific (UP) “formalizing the parties’ negotiations toward a comprehensive final agreement” and “identifying the fundamental terms for Dreamstar to operate its trains” on UP’s Coast Line via Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and San Jose, according to a SFGate report.
Commentary
Dreamstar Lines: Back to the Future?
During the “Golden Age of Railroading” in the middle of the past century, the Southern Pacific’s Lark was the train to take between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, at