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CalTrain

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CalTrain was a short-lived commuter rail system in the Los Angeles area which operated between 1982–1983. [1]

44 relations: Amfleet, Amtrak, Bell, California, Bilevel rail car, Burbank, California, California Department of Transportation, California Public Utilities Commission, Camarillo, California, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Chicago, Coast Line (UP), Coast Starlight, Commuter rail, El Camino (train), EMD GP9, GE P30CH, George Deukmejian, Glendale Transportation Center, Governor of California, Head-end power, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Interstate Commerce Commission, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles, Metrolink (California), Moorpark, California, Northridge, Los Angeles, Oxnard Press-Courier, Oxnard, California, Pacific Electric, Pacific RailNews, Panorama City, Los Angeles, Peninsula Commute, Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois), Simi Valley, California, Southern California Association of Governments, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Steam generator (railroad), Supreme Court of California, Tariff, The History Press, Union Station (Los Angeles), Ventura County Line, Ventura County, California.

Amfleet

Amfleet is a fleet of single-level intercity railroad passenger cars built by the Budd Company for American company Amtrak in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Bell, California

Bell is an incorporated city in Los Angeles County, California, near the center of the former San Antonio Township (abolished after 1960).

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Bilevel rail car

The bilevel car (American English) or double-decker train (British English and Canadian English) is a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity (in example cases of up to 57% per car).

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Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

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California Department of Transportation

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is an executive department of the US state of California.

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California Public Utilities Commission

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or PUC) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately-owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies.

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Camarillo, California

Camarillo is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California.

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Chatsworth, Los Angeles

Chatsworth is a neighborhood in the northwestern San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Coast Line (UP)

The Coast Line is a railroad line between Burbank, California and the San Francisco Bay Area, roughly along the Pacific Coast.

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Coast Starlight

The Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city centre and middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km (10 miles) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis.

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El Camino (train)

The El Camino was a set of lightweight streamlined railcars owned by Los Angeles County in the 1970s and 1980s.

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EMD GP9

An EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division in the United States, and General Motors Diesel in Canada between January, 1954, and August, 1963.

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GE P30CH

The GE P30CH (nicknamed "Pooch" because of the similarity of the designation) was one of the first brand-new diesel-electric locomotives built for Amtrak by General Electric during Amtrak's early years.

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George Deukmejian

Courken George Deukmejian Jr. (June 6, 1928 – May 8, 2018), in Armenian Ջորջ Դոքմեջյան, in Western Armenian Ճորճ Տէօքմէճեան was an American politician who was the 35th Governor of California from 1983 to 1991 and Attorney General of California from 1979 to 1983.

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Glendale Transportation Center

The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California.

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Governor of California

The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Head-end power

In rail transport, head-end power (HEP) or electric train supply (ETS) is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train.

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Hollywood Burbank Airport

Hollywood Burbank Airport, formerly known as Bob Hope Airport is a public airport northwest of downtown Burbank, in Los Angeles County, California.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.

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Jerry Brown

Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician, author and lawyer serving as the 39th and current Governor of California since 2011, previously holding the position from 1975 to 1983, making him the state's longest-serving Governor.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Metrolink (California)

Metrolink is a commuter or regional rail system in Southern California; it consists of seven lines and 62 stations operating on of rail network.

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Moorpark, California

Moorpark is a city in Ventura County in Southern California.

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Northridge, Los Angeles

Northridge is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley.

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Oxnard Press-Courier

The Oxnard Press-Courier was a newspaper located in Oxnard, California, United States.

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Oxnard, California

Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States.

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Pacific Electric

The Pacific Electric, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s.

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Pacific RailNews

Pacific RailNews (PRN), originally named Pacific News and later RailNews, was an American monthly magazine about railroads and rail transit, oriented for railfans.

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Panorama City, Los Angeles

Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley.

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Peninsula Commute

The Peninsula Commute, also known as the Southern Pacific Peninsula or just Peninsula, was the common name for commuter rail service between San Jose, California and San Francisco, California on the San Francisco Peninsula.

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Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois)

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act.

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Simi Valley, California

The city of Simi Valley (from the Chumash word, Shimiyi), in the eponymous valley, is in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, United States, from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

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Southern California Association of Governments

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of six of the ten counties in Southern California, serving Imperial County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and Ventura County.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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Steam generator (railroad)

A steam generator is a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars.

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Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the court of last resort in the courts of the State of California.

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Tariff

A tariff is a tax on imports or exports between sovereign states.

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The History Press

The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.

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Union Station (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States.

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Ventura County Line

The Metrolink Ventura County Line is a commuter rail line serving Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles, in the Southern California system.

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Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalTrain

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