August 3, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 2, 2010.) Late last week, Amtrak’s board voted to extend the contract of President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman through 2013. Boardman was first appointed interim president and CEO...
August 2, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 31, 2010.) MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Investigators say pieces of metal that smashed through the window of a Westchester County home earlier this week have been linked to a passing Amtrak train. Police say a train passing...
August 2, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Sharp on July 30, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine — Amtrak’s Downeaster that runs between Portland and Boston bounced back from a dip last summer and fall to finish the fiscal year with its best performance...
August 2, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Patricia Monopoli appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on August 1, 2010.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — This is a story about a prank or scam, a 97-year-old lady and the reactions of people at Amtrak. My mom, Nora Cieri, who lives in Utica at a...
July 30, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared by Joseph De Avila appeared Wall Street Journal website on July 30, 2010.) New Jersey — We’re getting a first look at what the Amtrak Station in Moline will look like. Leaders are branding the Amtrak green line to Chicago, to the Great...
July 30, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the CBS4 website on July 30, 2010.) Chicago — We’re getting a first look at what the Amtrak Station in Moline will look like. Leaders are branding the Amtrak green line to Chicago, to the Great Lakes, Great River Connection....
July 29, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Melissa Domsic appeared on the Lansing State Journal website on July 29, 2010.) EAST LANSING, Mich. — Plans to redevelop the East Lansing Amtrak station are chugging along as the city continues to seek project funding. The U.S. Senate...
July 28, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jim Dwyer appeared on the New York Times website on July 27, 2010.) NEW YORK — One afternoon, Duane P. Kerzic was arrested by the Amtrak police while taking pictures of a train pulling into Pennsylvania Station. At first, the police asked him...
July 27, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Ventura County Star website on July 26, 2010.) CAMARILLO, Calif. — About 250 Amtrak passengers were ordered off a train Monday afternoon billowed from the locomotive, but no one was injured. A fire started in a small engine that provides...
July 27, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Tobin appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on July 27, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak’s decision to award a railcar assembly contract to an Elmira company dealt a serious blow to Alstom Transportation Inc., a global firm with...
