July 31, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on July 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak and First Class Motorcycle Tours have teamed up to offer two new vacation packages which include first-class accommodations on Amtrak’s Auto Train that allows motorcycle riders to travel...
July 31, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Christen Gowan , Juliette Price and Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 30, 2009.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Amtrak resumed train service to New York this afternoon. Trains between the Rensselaer Rail Station and Penn...
July 30, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Charles Trentelman appeared on the Standard-Examiner website on July 29, 2009.) OGDEN, Utah — Arise rail fans! Ogden could get Amtrak passenger service again, and about time, too. Passenger trains have slipped from the public consciousness....
July 30, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared at Examiner.com on July 29, 2009.) SEATTLE — Amtrak Cascades is adding a second daily train between Seattle and Vancouver, BC. The Canadian government announced that they are extending border clearance service for the second train — just...
July 30, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Christen Gowan appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 30, 2009.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Train service out of the Capital Region has been suspended until at least noon because of heavy rain and flash flooding Wednesday. CSX...
July 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Katherine Jarvis appeared on the Oakland Tribune website on July 27, 2009.) OAKLAND, Calif. — Two train services are offering special deals for travel to Raiders games. Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor, which provides service from San Jose to...
July 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press issued the following on July 28, 2009.) NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — A woman escaped serious injury when her car plunged about 20 feet onto train tracks in a suburb of New York City. Police say the car landed about 10 feet behind an Amtrak train as...
July 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Stephanie Harris-Smith appeared on the Hope Star website on July 27, 2009.) HOPE, Ark. — Details for a memorandum of agreement are still being ironed out in regards to an Amtrak stop in Hope, according to Parks and Tourism Director Paul Henley....
July 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dave Hodges appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on July 25, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The train made perfect sense for Tallahassee retiree Shadow Hibbard’s regular trips to Arizona. “I go to Arizona and work on a Nature Conservancy...
July 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Turnbell appeared on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel website on July 25, 2009.) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s been 41 years since passenger trains last rolled down Henry Flagler’s old railroad between West Palm Beach and...
