April 5, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared at wthr.com on April 2, 2010.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Federal stimulus money is helping Amtrak workers in Indiana. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood toured the Amtrak maintenance facility in Beech Grove Friday. Amtrak used $32 million from the...
April 5, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 5, 2010.O PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak service to the Northeast is returning to normal. Amtrak officials say they have resumed near full Northeast Regional and Acela Express service for Monday. Service between New...
April 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on March 31, 2010.) NEW YORK — Actor and avid train fan Taye Diggs, star of Private Practice, will join Amtrak to kick-off the third annual National Train Day. Diggs will start the weekend’s festivities with a ceremony at New...
April 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press issued the following on March 31, 2010.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak has suspended many trains on its busy Northeast lines because of flooding in the region. Amtrak said Wednesday that water on the tracks near Providence, R.I., forced it to stop...
March 29, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 27, 2010.) WATERLOO, Ind. (AP) — A Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train has derailed in northeastern Indiana, disrupting Amtrak service into and out of Chicago. The train derailed Friday evening in Waterloo,...
March 29, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 28, 2010.) EVERETT, Wash. — Passenger service on a key rail line north of Seattle has been restored following a mudslide. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas says the line running Seattle to...
March 29, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Larry Hannan appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on March 26, 2010.) COCOA, Fla. — No one knows how Amtrak rail service on the Florida East Coast rail line will be paid for. But that isn’t stopping communities along the tracks...
March 29, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Brian Watt appeared on the Southern California Public Radio website on March 27, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Amtrak will operate Metrolink trains starting in late June. The national passenger rail company and the Southland’s commuter rail service...
March 26, 2010 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The following story by Katherine Long appeared on the Seattle Times website on March 26, 2010.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Sounder trains to Everett have been canceled for the Thursday evening and Friday commute, and Amtrak passengers going to and from Seattle and Vancouver,...
March 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star website on March 25, 2010.) LINCOLN, Neb. — Earlier this week, details of another opportunity for the Kawasaki’s Lincoln rail-car builder emerged when Amtrak, the long-distance passenger railroad, asked...
