March 2, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tammy Stables Battaglia and Amber Hunt appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on March 1, 2010.) DETROIT — A Detroit firefighter’s decision to park a $600,000 ladder truck on train tracks while responding to a traffic accident is under...
March 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Timothy Logue appeared on the Delaware County Daily Times website on February 28, 2010.) DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. — For as long as there have been train tracks, teenagers have gravitated to them. Whether to cut time from an otherwise longer walk,...
February 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on February 25, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak said this afternoon that it will again cancel eight of its trains between Rensselaer and New York City as CSX Transportation continues repairs...
February 25, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on February 24, 2010.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Eight of Amtrak’s 26 weekday trains between the Capital Region and New York City will be canceled on Thursday as CSX Transportation works...
February 24, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dan Tracy appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on February 23, 2010.) ORLANDO, Fla. — The chief executive of Amtrak is again threatening to scuttle the SunRail commuter train planned for Central Florida before it picks up its first...
February 23, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Roger Rapoport appeared on the Seattle Times website on Febraury 23, 2010.) SEATTLE — On a recent bad-weather day when more than 5,700 commercial jetliner flights across the U.S. were canceled because of snowstorms, I was riding in the upper...
February 23, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Blair Kamin appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — Amtrak is asking seven architectural and real estate firms to dream up ways to pump new life into the historic but listless part of Chicago’s Union...
February 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Gale Fiege appeared on The Herald website on February 22, 2010.) STANWOOD, Wash. — Connie and Ralph Mennie rode the Amtrak Cascades train from Stanwood to Portland, Ore., on Thursday as part of their 27th wedding anniversary celebration....
February 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Toledo Blade website on February 18, 2010.) BUTLER, Ind. — Amtrak passengers headed from Toledo to Chicago Thursday morning ended up riding buses after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed west of here. Nobody was hurt and no...
February 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Amy Renczkowski appeared on The Day website on February 19, 2010.) EAST LYME, Conn. — Amtrak announced Thursday that the replacement of the Niantic River Bridge will begin March 1. Town officials are making preparations by closing a section of...
