March 18, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following column appeared on The Infrastructurist website on March 17, 2011.) Florida’s high-speed rail line is deader than dead. Meanwhile Ray LaHood announced last week that the $2.4 billion in federal funding forfeited by the state will be made available to...
March 18, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on March 17, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is calling “all kids—young and old” to join the coast-to-coast celebration of train love. On Saturday, May 7th, hundreds of National Train Day festivities are taking place across...
March 17, 2011 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on March 16, 2011.) SEATTLE — Heavy rains have led to a series of mudslides earlier this week, forcing another 48-hour moratorium on railroad transit. Forty-four mudslides Monday through Wednesday kept BNSF crews...
March 17, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Sun Journal website on March 17, 2011.) LEWISTON, Maine — Establishing regular rail service between Auburn and Portland in 2020 could cost up to $234 million to start and could require an $8 million annual subsidy, according to a new...
March 16, 2011 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on March 15, 2011.) SEATTLE — Mudslides triggered by heavy rain forced passenger trains between Seattle and Everett to be canceled Tuesday in what’s been a remarkably tough winter to keep the...
March 16, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on March 15, 2011.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two men from out of state are facing charges in Fayette County after they allegedly assaulted an Amtrak train conductor Monday night. When Connellsville police went...
March 15, 2011 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following appeared on the NBC Philadelphia website on March 14, 2011.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Frequent train rider, Vice President Joe Biden will be forever linked with the Wilmington train station. In honor of the long-time Amtrak rider and strong advocate of...
March 14, 2011 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on March 13, 2011.) SEATTLE — Sounder train service between Everett and Seattle has been canceled for Monday after a mudslide on the BNSF Railway tracks halted all passenger traffic on the line. It is possible that...
March 14, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 14, 2011.) CHICAGO — The Amtrak passenger rail service reports its ridership is up for the 16th consecutive month, with lines out of Chicago also reporting sharp increases. Amtrak says more than with 2 million...
March 14, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Transportation Trades Department issued the following on March 11, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) today, in testimony before a key congressional committee, called for full funding of Amtrak as the “centerpiece” of...
