July 21, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Thomas Geyer appeared on The Quad-City Times website on July 20, 2010.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Moline is one step closer to being a hub in the return of passenger rail service to the Quad-Cities. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the city council...
July 21, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Althea Fung appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on July 21, 2010.) ABOARD TRAIN 174 — Trying to avoid traffic on Interstate 95? Take the train. That became a little easier yesterday after Amtrak added another round-trip option to...
July 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on July 17, 2010.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Rail enthusiasts of the region and beyond will have an opportunity to climb on board a “Fall Foliage Amtrak Excursion” train on Sunday, Nov. 7,...
July 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 18, 2010.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Eight Amtrak trains will no longer be available to Virginia Railway Express passengers as the commuter rail line tweaks its schedule. VRE also is adding a new express train on the...
July 16, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Uriah A. Kiser appeared on the News & Messenger website on July 15, 2010.) MANASSAS, Va. — Virginia’s next state-supported Amtrak train will begin rolling Tuesday. The train will leave Richmond’s Staples Mill station at 7 a.m....
July 15, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Janet Kelley appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on July 14, 2010.) COATESVILLE, Pa. — For the second consecutive morning, storm damage caused a lengthy delay for Amtrak commuters Wednesday. Shortly after 6 a.m., a tree hit the...
July 14, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John Henrehan appeared at MyFoxDC.com on July 14, 2010.) NEW CARROLLTON, Md. —Two local men have been indicted for stealing copper wires from the towers that run above Amtrak’s right-of-way in Prince George’s County. Amtrak...
July 13, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 12, 2010.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Virginia Railway Express has a new operator. Amtrak has operated VRE trains since the system started in 1992, but Keolis Rail Services America, the U.S. subsidiary of a French company,...
July 12, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Fermin Leal appeared on the Orange County Register website on July 11, 2010.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Scores of people dropped their pants or hoisted up their skirts to bare their bums at Amtrak and Metrolink trains Saturday for the annual...
July 12, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following appeared on the Buffalo News website on July 11, 2010.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Federal authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information about whoever tried to derail an Amtrak train earlier this week on the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Reservation. The...
