August 7, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the USA Today’s website on August 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The controversy over the departure of the Amtrak inspector general earlier this year continues to simmer. The Project on Government Oversight today released internal agency...
August 5, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 5, 2009.) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Amtrak is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Pere Marquette service between Grand Rapids and Chicago with a special run. Events are planned at stations in Grand Rapids,...
August 5, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eamon Javers appeared on Politico.com on August 5, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The strange story of the sacking of Amtrak’s inspector general is getting even stranger. When Fred Weiderhold Jr. suddenly retired this summer, POLITICO has learned,...
August 4, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sean Reilly appeared on the Press-Register website on August 3, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Restoring passenger rail service from New Orleans along the Gulf Coast to Orlando will cost tens of millions of dollars and take a minimum of almost two...
August 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mike Ivey appeared on the Captial Times website on August 1, 2009.) MADISON, Wisc. — Fast forward to 2013. President Barack Obama, fresh off a narrow re-election victory over Sarah Palin, is celebrating the opening of new Amtrak service between...
August 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(IBM issued the following on August 3, 2009.) NEW YORK — IBM announced on Friday it has signed a five-year information technology (IT) professional services agreement with US passenger rail service Amtrak. The financial details of the agreement were not revealed....
August 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Tim Woodward appeared on the Idaho Statesman website on August 2, 2009.) BOISE, Idaho — At a recent meeting at the Boise Centre about reviving Amtrak’s Pioneer train, an elderly man got a laugh by saying he was pushing for it because he...
August 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kristin Jackson appeared on The Seattle Times website on August 2, 2009.) SEATTLE — It’s been a long time coming, but a second daily passenger train between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., should start service some time this month. Amtrak...
August 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Carlton Proctor appeared on the Pensacola News Journal website on August 3, 2009.) PENSACOLA, Fla. — A recent Amtrak report is raising hopes among local passenger-train aficionados that the restoration of rail service through Pensacola is back...
August 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Christopher Conkey appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on August 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is coming under fire from senior House lawmakers who are upset that the railroad installed one of its former managers as inspector...
