July 24, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by William Petroski appeared on the Des Moines Register on July 24, 2009.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Plans for a study needed to revive Des Moines-to-Chicago passenger train service have been put on a side track at least until next year, state officials...
July 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jay Felsberg appeared at EmeralcCoast.com on July 22, 2009.) CRESVIEW, Fla. — Amtrak service for Crestview ended in 2005 when the Sunset Limited was suspended east of New Orleans due to damage from Hurricane Katrina and the costs associated...
July 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Bloomberg News circulated the following column by Jim O’Connell on July 23, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It started as a review of the fastest U.S. restaurant on land: the first-class cabin on Amtrak’s high-speed Acela train. It ended with shouting, a threatened arrest...
July 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Nate A. Miller appeared on the Greeley Tribune website on July 23, 2009.) GREELEY, Colo. — Passenger rail service may make a comeback in Greeley after a 12-year absence. Amtrak is in the process of compiling a report to determine the...
July 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared at CBS13.com on July 23, 2009.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Your next train trip the Bay Area could be a little more green. Today Amtrak California unveiled its first “clean diesel” locomotive on the Capitol Corridor line. While that might...
July 22, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Richard Straub appeared on the Marion Star website on July 22, 2009. Mr. Straub is a board member of All Aboard Ohio.) MARION, Ohio — More than a billion dollars will be used to expand rail service across the United States. Amtrak has released...
July 22, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Patricia Daddona appeared on The Day website on July 22, 2009.) NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Amtrak Niantic River Bridge was working properly on Tuesday, a day after an electrical relay burned out for unknown reasons and caused the bridge to stay...
July 22, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 21, 2009.) On Sunday, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will ride the “Iowa Unlimited” train around the state to raise awareness of key passenger-rail projects. Operated by Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd., the...
July 21, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Lee Howard appeared on The Day website on July 20, 2009.) NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Amtrak railroad bridge over the Niantic River has been stuck in the closed position since about 6:30 this morning, apparently because of a transformer problem,...
July 21, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Bill Braksick appeared on the Northwest Herald website on July 20, 2009.) CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Rockford area officials pushing to bring commuter train service Metra to Winnebago County are using Amtrak to help deliver the service – and their...
