March 30, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on March 29, 2011.) BALTIMORE — Amtrak may not be able to prevent its trains from being delayed, but now it can at least tweet about it. The national passenger railroad announced it has just launched a pilot program...
March 30, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on March 29, 2011.) OAKLAND, Calif. — An Amtrak train was evacuated and searched Tuesday evening following a bomb threat, but no explosives were found on board, police said. Police were called to the Amtrak...
March 29, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on March 29, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Empress of Soul, singer, actress and philanthropist, Gladys Knight will share her love of trains and join thousands of rail fans to celebrate the fourth annual National Train Day on May 7, 2011....
March 29, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following column by Malcolm Taylor appeared on the Union Leader website on March 29, 2011.) MANCHESTER, N.H. — There’s a lot being said about whether to bring railroads back to New Hampshire and whether to rebuild the tracks for the return of passenger...
March 28, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on The Times website on March 25, 2011.) MUNCIE, Ind. — The director of General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee spoke about the rail station at his facility during Friday’s lunch meeting for the Indiana High Speed Rail...
March 24, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Washington Times website on March 23, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top Amtrak officials failed to give “adequate consideration” to a federal mandate to inform Congress before they removed the rail service’s longtime inspector general in...
March 21, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on March 19, 2011.) BALTIMORE — Widespread electrical problems along railroad lines Saturday morning sent Amtrak riders in the Mid-Atlantic region scrambling to reschedule their weekend plans. The outage occurred at...
March 21, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(UPI circulated the following on March 20, 2011.) WILMINGTON, Del. — The head of Amtrak said he had to automobiles to make the dedication of train station in Delaware re-named after Vice President Joe Biden. Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman planned roll into...
March 21, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the News Journal website on March 20, 2011.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Vice President Joe Biden’s daily commute from the Wilmington Amtrak station to Washington for 36 years is something of the rail line’s legend. Biden, a longtime...
March 18, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 17, 2011.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Minnesota man charged with making a threat that led to the evacuation of an Amtrak train in northern Montana pleaded not guilty to federal charges of false information and...
