July 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Contact Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on July 11, 2009.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — After being sidetracked for a dozen years, the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Inc., announced on Friday that...
July 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Thomas V. Bona appeared at BusinessRockford.com on July 11, 2009.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Local leaders look forward to Amtrak service coming back to Rockford as early as November 2011. But they’ll keep working on a costlier commuter-rail service...
July 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Gina Damron and Megha Satyanarayana appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on July 11, 2009.) DETROIT — Both railway crossing gates were definitely down when a car full of young people heading north on Hannan Road collided with a train in...
July 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Megha Satyanarayana appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on July 11, 2009. John Karakian is General Chairman of the BLET’s Grand Trunk Western General Committee of Adjustment. John Tolman is Vice President & National Legislative...
July 10, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sarah McBride appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on July 10, 2009.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — The biggest event of the year in Laguna Niguel, Calif., is coming up on Saturday, but Mayor Robert Ming has a message for those planning to...
July 10, 2009 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Cecil Angel, Amber Hunt, Tammy Stables Battaglia and Matt Helms appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on July 9, 2009.) DETROIT — Four young Downriver residents and a Virginia man were killed today after they drove around a crossing gate...
July 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kathy Gilbert appeared on the Green River Star website on July 8, 2009.) GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — Yes, that was Amtrak going through Green River, and no, that doesn’t mean passenger train service is back in Wyoming. Several local residents have seen...
July 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Denise Moran appeared on The Courier-News website on July 9, 2009.) GENOA, Ill. — City Council members approved a resolution this week that they hope will put them on the right track to obtain passenger rail service in Genoa. The council...
July 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on July 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. —As Amtrak continues a number of track work projects to improve service in the Northeast, Acela Express and Northeast Regional (Washington – New York – Boston) passengers will see additional, temporary...
July 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 8, 2009.) GENOA, Ill. – Some community leaders in northern Illinois are trying to woo passenger trains to their towns. For years, Amtrak’s mulled the possibility of running trains through the region....
