July 12, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following appeared on the Post-Journal website on July 9, 2010.) CATTARAUGUS TERRITORY — New York State Police and the FBI are investigating an incident Monday where an Amtrack passenger train ran into two railroad ties placed on the tracks inside the Cattaraugus...
July 9, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 8, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak this morning said the high temperatures have led to temporary speed restrictions on the Empire Corridor, and that passengers can expect the trip...
July 9, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kelly Hannon appeared at Fredericksburg.com on July 9, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After 18 years of service, Amtrak has reached the end the line running Virginia Railway Express trains. Today is the final day it will operate the commuter trains,...
July 9, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following story by T.J. Pignataro appeared on the Buffalo News website on July 9, 2010.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — An Amtrak passenger train struck a pair of railroad ties deliberately placed on CSX railroad tracks on the Cattaraugus Reservation, State Police said today....
July 8, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Uriah A. Kiser appeared on the News & Messenger website on July 8, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Railway Express passengers, bound for Manassas, got a ride home on an Amtrak train Wednesday after their locomotive broke down before...
July 8, 2010 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Katherine Shaver appeared on the Washington Post website on July 7, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some Holocaust survivors are criticizing Virginia Railway Express for awarding an $85 million contract to operate and maintain its trains to a company...
July 7, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 6, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Extreme heat is keeping trains from running on time on heavily traveled lines in the Northeast. Temperatures soared above 100 degrees across the region Tuesday. Such hot weather can make...
July 7, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 7, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine — Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says a grant agreement’s been finalized that allows work to begin on the rehabilitation and expansion of Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger train...
July 6, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mike De Sisti appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website on July 4, 2010.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Some use it as a time to sleep. Others use it as a time to read the paper, catch up on e-mail or gaze out the window reflecting on a rather...
July 6, 2010 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following column by Dan Casey appeared on the Roanoke Times website on July 6, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — Richard White is a health care industry consultant who lives in Southwest Roanoke County and spends about half of each week in Washington, D.C. Radford resident...
