September 27, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Barbara Miller appeared on the Patriot-News website on September 25, 2010.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Numerous Amtrak schedule changes and train cancellations will occur Oct. 1-4 for trains operating between Philadelphia and Harrisburg due to a...
September 24, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times Union website on September 24, 2010.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Amtrak’s dome car, a two-story passenger car with the second deck basically a glass canopy that allows panoramic views of the surrounding...
September 24, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Adam McDowell appeared on the National Post website on September 22, 2010.) OTTAWA — Train travellers have been fretting in recent days that a second daily train from Portland, Ore., to Vancouver could go off the rails thanks to the Canadian...
September 24, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 23, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — As Amtrak seeks to create and expand high-speed passenger train operations in the United States, the company on Thursday named Philadelphia rail...
September 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 21, 2010.) OLYMPIA — Washington state officials are worried that a passenger train that runs from Portland to Vancouver, B.C., might have to be canceled because the Canadian government wants the state...
September 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John Bermingham appeared on The Province website on September 21, 2010.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — B.C. Transportation Minister Shirley Bond said she won’t let an Amtrak train between Portland and Vancouver be derailed. Bond told The Province she wants...
September 21, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Carly Flandro appeared on the Seattle Times website on September 20, 2010.) SEATTLE, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Transportation announced Monday that it and members of Congress will be holding discussions with British Columbia...
September 20, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Len Barcousky appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on September 19, 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — “Roll on/roll off” train service for riders using the bicycle trails between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., is coming. The...
September 20, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 19, 2010.) NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — The family of a Florida woman who somehow fell or was pushed off an Amtrak train in Georgia is asking for witnesses to come forward. Barbara Arteta of New Smyrna...
September 17, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Bruce Landis appeared on the Providence Journal website on September 17, 2010.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak is working on its railroad, spending tens of millions of dollars replacing thousands of the concrete ties that hold up its tracks because...
