June 25, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Beacon-News website on June 24, 2010.) CHICAGO — Police officers are expected to be hundreds of Amtrak and Metra stations Thursday morning, as part of a counterterrorism drill. The multi-force security surge across suburban Chicago,...
June 23, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 22, 2010.) Amtrak Service Workers Council (ASWC) members recently ratified a new Amtrak contract by a 450-116 vote. The ASWC represents all Amtrak on-board service workers and includes three member...
June 23, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on June 22, 2010.) BALTIMORE — Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman released this statement today about Monday night’s two-hour stranding of MARC Train 538 without air conditioning on the Penn Line tracks...
June 23, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Katherine Shaver appeared on the Washington Post website on June 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials from MARC, Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration are investigating why a MARC train stalled eight minutes after it left Union...
June 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ed Bierschenk appeared at TCPalm.com on June 21, 2010.) VERO BEACH, Fla. — Amtrak service could potentially start in fall 2013 at the site of the Historic Train Depot if the City Council passes a resolution in support of the location on...
June 21, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the St. Louis today website on June 19, 2010.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Trees and large branches toppled in a storm Saturday blocked Amtrak tracks in central Missouri and caused delays in both directions for the Missouri River Runner trains between...
June 21, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the News Advance website on June 18, 2010.) LYNCHBURG, Va. — The Lynchburg route that Amtrak started in October continued to produce far more riders than expected in April, according to figures from the state Department of Rail and Public...
June 21, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Karl Zimmermann appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 20, 2010.) NEW YORK — Comfortably settled in ClubAcela, the first-class lounge at New York’s Penn Station, I considered the folder of Amtrak sleeping car tickets much as I...
June 18, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on June 17, 2010.) CHARLOTTE, N. Carolina — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say suspicious packages found on a freight train near uptown Charlotte were harmless. Police Chief Rodney Monroe said the bags...
June 17, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 17, 2010.) CHICAGO, Illinois — As part of a $1 billion construction program, Amtrak is spending $115 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to improve tracks, buildings and...
